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28/02/2024
In the current landscape of accelerating cyber incidents, where the responses and decisions of Boards are publicly scrutinised, Boards need to play an...
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13/02/2024
The recent incident involving fake explicit images of singer Taylor Swift has brought the challenge of ‘deepfakes’ once again into the mainstream.
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28/11/2023
On 22 November 2023, the Federal Government released the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy (Strategy). The Strategy was accompanied by the ...
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22/11/2023
Are cyber breach investigation reports produced by external consultants protected by legal professional privilege? What do courts consider when decidi...
Expertise Area
06/10/2023
It was almost 4 years ago, back in December of 2019 that the review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) was first announced by the then Attorn...
Expertise Area
21/09/2023
ASIC is the most recent regulator to voice concerns about corporate cyber security and protection of customer data and has confirmed it will investiga...
01/09/2023
APRA continues to make clear its intention to strengthen supervision and step up enforcement of operational and cyber risk management practices and pr...
08/06/2023
This chapter first appeared in The Legal500 Country Comparative Guides.
General questions regarding laws and principles
1. Please provide an o...
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17/03/2023
Discussion Paper on Australian Cyber Security Strategy Released
Australia is in the midst of a cybersecurity revolution. On 8 December 2022, the Mi...
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12/12/2022
In December 2019, the Attorney-General announced that the Australian Government would conduct a review (the Review) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the...
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02/12/2022
The Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (Bill) has now passed both Houses of Parliament and will become law ...
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