In-Person Melbourne Event 12:30 - 2:00pm + Live Stream 1:00 - 2:00pm
Gilbert + Tobin,
Level 25, 101 Collins Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Overview (Program Summary)
A program hosted by:
ACC AustraliaThere’s significant reform on the horizon for Australia’s privacy laws. Recent high-profile data breaches have put data protection under a microscope and put a fire under the Attorney-General’s ongoing review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Organisations today face increasing pressure from regulators and the marketplace to improve how they collect, use, store and delete personal information, and how they manage data privacy.
This session, hosted by Gilbert + Tobin’s Tech + IP team in conjunction with ACC Australia, will cover:
- a (brief) history of privacy law and global enforcement trends;
- major privacy trends in Australia, including data breach class actions, recent enforcement actions for facial recognition technologies and the regulator pile-on to privacy;
- the December 2022 amendments to the Privacy Act, including the new penalties regime; and
- the current privacy reform process in Australia and a rundown of key proposals raised in the Attorney-General’s review of the Privacy Act.
Networking and buffet lunch: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Presentation: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Speakers
Melissa Fai, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin
Melissa is a cyber security, data and privacy specialist who dedicates a significant part of her practice to advising Australia’s leading corporates on cyber security, privacy and data protection obligations in light of how clients use technology and data in their operations and transactions. She advises on complex issues surrounding cyber and data breaches and assists clients to understand their regulatory obligations under the mandatory notifiable data breach regime.
Claire Harris, Senior Lawyer, Gilbert + Tobin
Claire Harris is a senior lawyer who specialises in IT and telecommunications contracting, privacy and cybersecurity. She has been following the Attorney-General’s Privacy Act reform process very closely and has been a key contributor to Gilbert + Tobin’s Privacy Law Reform Series and its March 2023 submission to the Attorney-General. Claire’s background in electrical engineering and computer systems helps her to understand the technology underpinning her clients’ projects.
Notes
*Competitor Exclusion – ACC Australia Partner’s may request that representative/s of a competitor organisation/s registered for the event be excluded, and ACC Australia reserves the right to make the final decision as to whether a registration is rejected. As a guide, a competitor organisation could be defined as a rival organisation of similar size to the host Corporate Partner, with an established practice, product or service in the area being showcased by the Corporate Partner’s at the event. Please provide a brief statement as to why you have deemed an organisation to be a competitor, in support of any request to ACC Australia to reject a registration.
* Please note that registrations are being managed by Gilbert + Tobin. Please let ACC Australia know if you have not received your confirmation within 24 hours.
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