Presented by by Patrick Riordan, Principal at Thompson Cooper Lawyers.

In this webinar, Patrick provided insights on privacy legislation in Australia. In NSW the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 has recently been amended in a way that increases burdens on public sector agencies around the management of personal information and mandatory notification of data breaches. Similarly, the Commonwealth Government is moving to reform the Privacy Act 1988 across many areas.  The reforms being considered, if enacted, will increase the burden on businesses and potentially broaden the avenues for persons affected by data breaches to seek compensation.

Read the presentation here