The proposed reform in the privacy law takes a great leap forward by introducing the serious tort of invasions of privacy, which has become effective on 10 June 2025.[1] There have been complaints about the inefficiency in the current privacy law regime. One of the most critical complaints is that individuals have not yet had [...]
The Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) require an APP entity (essentially not a small business) to have a clearly expressed and up-to-date privacy policy (APP privacy policy) describing how it manages personal information. The APP privacy policy must be based on and reflect the practices, procedures and systems that the APP entity has implemented to ensure [...]
Working from home provides a variety of challenges for organisations and their employees alike. Luckily, the technology that enables remote working is fairly seamless. This now means that working from home can be comparable to being in the office in terms of productivity and connectedness (aside from time wasted at the outset of every meeting [...]
Trust in cyberspace has never been lower. Amidst the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica scandal, the recent Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme and the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation, users have a newfound scepticism towards volunteering personal information while companies face intense scrutiny as to how that information is used. The Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) as documented in the Privacy Act outline [...]
