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A Statutory Tort for Serious Invasions of Privacy?

Introduction - To many people’s surprise, it remains the case in Australia that individuals do not have a specific right to obtain compensatory damages for serious invasions of privacy, such as the sharing of intimate images...more

Privacy Reform is Here: It's Time to get Your House in Order!

What you need to know - Following a number of high-profile cyber incidents last year, the Australian Government (the Government) is proving that privacy is a serious issue that corporations need to face. Recently, we saw the...more

From Revenge Porn to Big Data Breaches: NSW Opposition Introduces Bill to Redress "Serious Invasions of Privacy"

There is a common misconception that Australian residents enjoy a general "right to privacy". Many people understandably believe that if they are, for example, eating lunch at a restaurant minding their own business, it would...more

COVID-19: (Australia) Forgotten Issues: What Business Continuity Planning in the COVID-19 Era Isn’t Contemplating

*This information is accurate as of 7.00 pm Monday 30 March 2020 and is subject to change as this situation evolves. As the world grinds to a halt following the dispersion of COVID-19 and businesses around the globe...more

COVID-19: (Australia) Privacy in the Time of Coronavirus

*This information is accurate as of 4.00 pm Thursday 19 March 2020 and is subject to change as this situation evolves. Nothing can stop us from talking about privacy, including a pandemic!...more

Fashion Law Newsletter - March 2018

Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it." – Diane von Furstenberg Welcome to our latest edition of Fashion Law where we provide you with the latest updates on legal issues affecting the...more

De-identification of Data and Privacy

As discussed in a recent blog post on CyberWatch Australia, researchers from the University of Melbourne successfully re-identified the medical data of Australian patients that formed part of a de-identified open dataset....more

Not Long to Go Until the New Notifiable Data Breach Scheme Begins

The long awaited commencement of the notifiable data breach scheme (NDB Scheme) is just around the corner. Prior to the introduction of the NDB Scheme in Australia, notification of a data breach to the Australian...more

Franchising Update

Many franchisors and other participants in the franchising sector are anticipating with concern the outcome of The Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 (Bill) which was introduced into the Federal...more

On 13 February 2017 the Australian Government passed the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2017

The new requirements affect all APP entities i.e. any entity that is currently bound to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), including Commonwealth Government Agencies and private...more

New Privacy Regulations Exempt Commercial Credit Providers From EDR

Commercial credit providers and utilities are not required to join a recognised external dispute resolution scheme to participate in credit reporting until 12 March 2015. ...more

3/7/2014  /  Australia , Lenders , Privacy Laws

Amendments Allow Insurers to Utilise Electronic Communication Channels

Recent amendments to the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) (IC Act) include significant changes to electronic communications which, in combination with amendments to the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth) (ET Act), will...more

10/3/2013  /  Australia

OAIC Releases Guidelines on Cross Border Disclosure and Direct Marketing

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released further draft Australian Privacy Principles (APP) Guidelines (draft Guidelines) for public consultation. The draft Guidelines outline how the OAIC will...more

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