Understanding GDPR: Opportunities and Risks

Understanding GDPR: Opportunities and Risks

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In this post on understanding GDPR, we'll look at the following: Data Disruption Regulation in the age of Data The GDPR Opportunity? What are the Next Steps? The post forms the commentary by our regulatory specialists on a recent webinar on understanding GDPR conducted for our clients and interested parties. Below is the video content of the webinar: Introducing Anne Wardell - Compliance Quarter Regulatory Specialist Anne is a former of the Victorian Bar with over thirty years' experience as a lawyer. She was also the National Director of Insolvency at the ATO and a Deputy Registrar of the Federal Court of Australia. She was an insolvency specialist acting for liquidators, banks and the Official Receiver, before moving into compliance and regulations. She has advised energy retailers in relation to…
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The Productivity Commission’s proposed comprehensive consumer right to data

The Productivity Commission’s proposed comprehensive consumer right to data

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By Dr Drew Donnelly, Compliance Quarter. Over the last couple of weeks we have asked the question ‘Is your business prepared for roll out of the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme?’, we have also discussed the impact that recent changes to European Union (EU) privacy laws may have on businesses that hold information on EU citizens. Today, we look at a proposed change to data regulation in Australia that would see individual privacy playing a more muted role in a new comprehensive consumer right to data. This right is proposed in the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry Report into Data Availability and Use. For the full 658-page report see http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/data-access/report/data-access.pdf. Australia’s under-utilised resource The Productivity Commission (The Commission) observes that Australia is behind other countries with similar governance arrangements (such as New Zealand…
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