Two new cases demonstrate the risk from pixels, the reality of digital harms, and how the regulator is testing the boundaries of the law, with implications for all Do you know if your organisation’s website is leaking sensitive information about your customers, to third parties, which could be used to harm your customers and undermine…
How to prepare for Privacy Act reforms: what to do now, and what can wait
Don’t wait for the POLA Bill to pass before you get cracking: it’s time to get your house in order now. For a while now we have been talking to our clients about the seven steps to prepare for law reform, but with these particular reforms split into two tranches, seven steps unfortunately looks like…
Tighten up practices ahead of Tranche 1 Privacy Act reforms
The Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (the POLA Bill) is currently before the Australian Parliament. It has been described by the government as the ‘first tranche’ in the long running project to reform the Privacy Act 1988. The more significant, impactful proposals to reform the Privacy Act – such as the ‘fair and…
