10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 10, 2025
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AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 1
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On 10 June 2025, the new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy came into force as part of a suite of privacy reforms passed last year, substantially enhancing privacy protections and signalling a material shift in...more
In late 2024, the Australian Government enacted a series of reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The new statutory tort for serious invasion of privacy was introduced and passed under the Privacy and Other Legislation...more
Concerns about claims of legal professional privilege over third-party investigation reports produced in the course of responding to cyberattacks, and the extent to which such reports can be shielded from disclosure in legal...more
On 29 November 2024, the Australian Senate passed the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (the Privacy Act Bill). This follows the passage of the Cyber Security Act 2024 (Cth), and other cyber-security...more
Join us for a presentation and networking session to celebrate eDiscovery day. In keeping with managing complexity through eDiscovery, come and join ACEDS to hear about changes to the Australian Privacy landscape and what...more
The first wave of Australia's expansive privacy law reforms has been introduced into Federal Parliament in the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) ("Bill")....more
A recent cyber attack targeting ZircoDATA, a data firm contracted by Australia’s Department of Home Affairs, has raised significant concerns about data privacy and cybersecurity in government-linked organizations. This breach...more
Important lessons for Hong Kong organisations managing cyber accidents may be learned from the noteworthy ruling in a recent Australia case, Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v. Robertson [2024]. For background, from 17-20 September...more
The Australian Government has today published a draft Bill outlining the next steps in Australia’s Privacy Act Review process. The changes to be implemented by the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 include...more
The Situation: The Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") has published new data breach examples in an update to its continuous disclosure Guidance Note, effective from 27 May 2024 ("Data Breach Examples")....more
Australia welcomes new business and foreign investment by providing a strong economy, a stable political environment and a skilled and talented workforce. Our comprehensive guide to Doing Business in Australia has been...more
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
The fallout from one of Australia’s worst data breaches continues to unfold. As we previously reported, in October 2022, Russian hackers stole approximately 9.7 million customers’ sensitive data from Medibank, Australia’s...more
Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending December 2, 2022, is below. This week’s Update features an important update on distributors’ use of so-called narrow parity provisions in Australia and takes a closer look...more
Medibank, one of Australia’s largest private health insurers, detected a ransomware attack in October 2022. The attackers, believed to be part of a criminal organization based in Russia, exfiltrated approximately 9.7 million...more
Increased penalties and wider application of the scope of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) come into effect shortly, with the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (Bill) now...more
The Australian House of Representatives voted in support of new legislation that aims to increase penalties for privacy breaches (on 9 November 2022)....more
The immediate cyber incident is over – what happens next? Join our esteemed panellists as they outline key considerations when managing post-breach data classification and notification projects. Setting the scene through the...more
Australian government research shows cyber-crime is costing the Australian economy approximately $3.5 billion a year. In fact, the government is considering whether to impose personal liability on corporate directors for...more
There are showers, there are squalls, and there are storms. The growth in cybersecurity attacks in Australia, as in much of the world, is a storm and Australian companies need to batten down the hatches. In the period from 1...more
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
Australia has started to observe a rise in the number of data breach class actions being investigated and filed, although there has not yet been a successful data breach class action there. A range of factors are at play...more
The Situation: The Notifiable Data Breach scheme, introduced by amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), requires an assessment when an entity suspects that there may have been loss of, unauthorised access to, or...more
In the latest edition of The Fine Print we highlight our Melbourne attorneys in addition to articles covering intellectual property due diligence, protecting your personal information in light of the Starwood/Marriott data...more
Australia has recently taken significant action in the realm of data security that will potentially have global impact. In December 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) released recommendations on...more