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Topic: Privacy Law Compliance - Changes to the Law and Emerging Risks

Privacy obligations are sometimes overlooked or neglected by busy government agencies and businesses with other priorities, particularly given the vast array of other laws with which those organisations need to comply. However, privacy law is in the process of undergoing significant reform, resulting in both new requirements which will have to be met and potentially more severe consequences for non-compliance. For these reasons, it is now timely for organisations to come to grips with the new privacy landscape and re-examine the extent of organisational compliance with privacy regulation. In this seminar, Philip Vickery and Toby Boys from Holding Redlich Lawyers will examine some of the major recent developments and proposed reforms in privacy law and highlight some of the key emerging areas of risk of which Information Security professionals, IT Managers, auditors and management should be aware.

Their presentation will be followed by an open brainstorm session on the impact of these changes on the Information Security and IT environment.

Speakers: Toby Boys and Philip Vickery of Holding Redlich

Toby Boys is a Partner at Holding Redlich legal firm and is a commercial dispute resolution lawyer with experience across a range of industries and in both state and federal proceedings. His major projects include managing large, complex Supreme Court actions for public listed company clients through to sensitive professional partnership disputes. He also has experience in a number of IT and IP matters, including trade mark applications and litigation. Toby's focus is on assisting clients to approach dispute resolution from a commercial perspective. Toby has particular interest and expertise in use of alternative dispute resolution processes, including how those processes can be used in the wider business or organisational context. Toby is an accredited mediator in both Australia and the UK and he has conducted a number of mediations in both countries. Prior to joining Holding Redlich, Toby worked for the UK's largest dispute resolution provider, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), advising parties, lawyers, businesses, government departments and others about the effective use of dispute resolution processes such as mediation, expert determination and independent intervention.

Philip Vickery is a Partner at Holding Redlich legal firm, in the firm's Corporate and Commercial team. Philip has over eleven years experience and his broad range of professional expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, franchising, corporate and commercial law with a particular expertise in financial services and privacy law. Philip previously headed the franchising practice at a large national law firm, where he advised leading national and international companies on a range of areas.

Many thanks to our sponsors:

AISA thanks BDO for providing the venue for our Brisbane Branch meeting.