In-Person Event
WOTSO Hobart
Level 3
162 Macquarie Street
Hobart TAS 7000
Overview (Program Summary)
A program hosted by:
ACC Australia
Doors open at 12:50pm
Privacy law in Australia has undergone significant reform. With tougher penalties, expanded enforcement powers for the OAIC, and new obligations around data handling, businesses must ensure their privacy frameworks are not only compliant but resilient.
This session will explore:
● Lessons learnt from Optus and Medibank.
● Key changes to the Privacy Act since late 2022, including the new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy and increased
penalties (up to $50 million).
● How regulators are taking a tougher stance on non-compliance, with increased penalties and proactive enforcement.
● What you need to think about for your policies and procedures.
This session will focus on practical strategies and risk areas that ACC Tasmania members should be aware of. We’ll highlight common gaps and emerging expectations, and share insights on how leading organisations are responding. We'll also take a high level look at some of the key differences to be aware of in the EU, UK and USA.
Speakers
Cameron Abbott, Partner, K&L Gates
Cameron Abbott is a co-practice group coordinator for the global Technology Transactions and Sourcing practice group and is also the privacy officer for the firm's Australian offices. He also leads and regularly writes posts for the K&L Gates blog on Cyber Law Watch.
Cameron is a corporate lawyer who focuses on technology, cybersecurity, and privacy matters. He assists corporations and vendors in managing their technology requirements and contracts, particularly large outsourcing and technology procurement issues including licensing terms for SAP and Oracle and major system integration transactions.
Stephanie Mayhew, Senior Associate, K&L Gates
Stephanie is a senior lawyer in the corporate group focussing on technology, sourcing and privacy in the Sydney office.
Stephanie focuses on privacy and data protection, cybersecurity, data breach planning and breach response. She has been involved with large cybersecurity breaches involving regulators across multiple jurisdictions in terms of both notifications and investigations. Stephanie regularly reviews privacy and data agreements to identify risks and to build and develop organisation's privacy practices to mitigate any potential privacy and cybersecurity risks and to ensure organisations are equipped with the strategies and knowledge to deal with privacy issues. Stephanie also enjoys assisting and advising marketing teams on their communications and spam considerations. Having worked with a number of government agencies, particularly the Home Affairs, Services Australia and Department of Agriculture divisions, Stephanie has both worked within these agencies on secondments and worked on complex privacy impact assessments and advices involving understanding the complex secrecy provisions relevant to these portfolios.
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.
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