New Digital ID Bill raises serious privacy concerns for Australians

It is incumbent on lawyers to raise alarm bells when they see the legislature passing laws that impact the legal rights...

17 June 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

An insight into life for vacation ownership legal teams

Here, the head of international operations for Travel + Leisure Co unpacks what daily practice looks like for lawyers...

28 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Law reform needed to address proliferation of doxxing

In an age where doxxing is becoming more commonplace, a statutory tort for serious invasion of privacy may be essential...

18 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

OAIC to open investigation into HWL Ebsworth hack

The Australian information commissioner is launching an investigation into the personal information handling practices...

21 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Information governance key for businesses amid privacy reforms

The spate of recent cyber security breaches has highlighted the importance of information governance, according to a...

20 February 2024

By Malavika Santhebennur

16 AFP personnel deemed at risk following HWL Ebsworth data breach

A Senate estimates hearing has heard that nearly 70 current and former AFP members were affected by the HWL Ebsworth...

30 October 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

SME firms will no longer be exempt from Privacy Act

The federal government has revealed a raft of reforms to the Privacy Act aimed at bringing it into “the digital...

03 October 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Why your law practice is an easy target for cyber criminals

Last week, I talked to a former hacker who now works to protect cyber attack victims. He told me why law practices are...

10 August 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

90k lawyers and a rate shock: What’s hot in law this week (1-5 May)

There are more lawyers in Australia than ever before, but that’s not all we learnt this week. Here is your weekly...

06 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

The dangers of a separate signing and VOI process

Even if “safe harbour” is achieved, documentation can be worthless. Here, Livesign explains the dangers of...

05 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

A-G appoints standalone privacy commissioner to bolster national privacy

Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced that the government will appoint a standalone privacy commissioner...

03 May 2023

By Jess Feyder

Ensuring our government agencies are protected

It is Privacy Awareness Week — a timely reminder to focus on these challenges and opportunities to deliver better...

02 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Privacy Act reforms must uphold human rights, say advocates

Several prominent legal organisations have released their submissions in response to the Privacy Act Review Report....

21 April 2023

By Jess Feyder

New class action filed against Medibank

Australian private health insurance giant Medibank is set to face additional proceedings, with a global law firm...

29 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Privacy Act reform proposal to ‘revolutionise’ privacy law in Australia

Following the federal government releasing its review of the Attorney-General’s Privacy Act Review Report, several...

24 February 2023

By Jess Feyder

Sweeping reforms proposed in Privacy Act Review

While the newly released report on the Privacy Act highlights the areas for reform, it is still relatively light on...

22 February 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

New data breach fines could bankrupt SMEs and boutiques

A number of industries, including law firms, will be liable for tough new government financial penalties for businesses...

03 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

How partners view the proposed increased penalties for privacy breaches

The Albanese government is set to significantly increase penalties for repeated or serious privacy breaches. Here,...

25 October 2022

By Jess Feyder

Optus breach, a ‘pivotal moment’ for data protection laws

Australia’s largest-ever data breach — which could end up costing telco giant Optus hundreds of millions of dollars...

07 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Is regulatory data law reform needed following the Optus breach?

Following the Optus customer data breach, which left potentially millions of customers’ information in the hands of...

30 September 2022

By Lauren Croft