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Data Privacy Insights

Watching the Watchman: Court Rejects Australian Privacy Commissioner’s Stance on Metadata

February 22, 2017

The decision in Privacy Commissioner v Telstra has important implications for metadata regulation in Australia, and for judicial oversight of the Australian Privacy Commissioner’s functions. This article examines the decision and discusses the key takeaways for businesses that are based in, or doing business with, Australia.

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Data Privacy Insights

Government Surveillance, Security and Privacy: Does Security Always Win? (Part II)

January 25, 2017

In this two-part series, we explore some of the issues around government surveillance and the search for that elusive balance between security and privacy. In this second part, we look at the search for that digital ‘safe place’ where privacy is assured and just why that place is becoming ever more elusive.

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Data Privacy Insights

Government Surveillance, Security and Privacy: Does Security Always Win? (Part I)

January 25, 2017

In this first part of a two-part series, we explore some of the issues around government surveillance and the search for that elusive balance between security and privacy. In this first part, we explore how serious the threat of cyber snooping by government surveillance is and why we shouldn’t panic just yet.

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Cyber Security Insights

Cyber Attack Season

November 25, 2016

In this second part of a two part series we will be taking a look at how online retailers are taking steps to mitigate against the almost inevitable threat to data from hackers that seems part and parcel of the holiday buying season.

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Data Privacy Insights

Operationalising GDPR and Privacy by Design

November 25, 2016

We give some insight into how companies could use a privacy impact assessment (PIA) in conjunction with data mapping practices to understand how data flows through an organisation, making it the perfect tool to document and track new initiatives.

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Cyber Security Insights

Standardising Data Breach Response Plan – The State of the Art

November 25, 2016

In this article, we examine the role of International Standards Organization (ISO) standards, and how standards are important for an incident and data breach response plan.

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Cyber Security Insights

Online Retailers Brace for the Holiday ‘Hacking’ Season

October 18, 2016

The holiday season in 2016 will see many of these large enterprises up their game in terms of protecting customer data. It’s not as if they have much choice, data breaches in the past have reduced public trust in online retailers – but the latest approaches to ensuring data security go some way to restoring that trust.

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Data Privacy Insights

Recent Changes to Privacy and Data Protection Laws in South Korea

October 18, 2016

In June 2016 the Korean government announced new guidelines on personal data de-identification measures which have contributed to a greater clarity around the use and transfer of personal data for purposes other than those consented to by the data subject. How will they positively impact the big data market?

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Data Privacy Insights

Get Ready to Establish an Ecosystem of Trust and Protection in the Digital Age

October 18, 2016

The Data Privacy Asia 2016 Conference will feature top ranked industry experts from more than 15 countries and a more interactive audience experience than ever before. The Conference, which is themed Building Digital Trust: Establishing an Ecosystem of Trust and Protection in the Digital Age will examine subjects like trust vs. innovation and privacy vs. security, how enterprises can meet the challenges of a globally diverse regulatory and compliance landscape, and the privacy challenges on IT and security.

Cyber Security Insights

The Rise of the Chief Security and Privacy Officer

September 21, 2016

Recently, we examined some of the challenges that companies face in terms of the evolving privacy and data protection landscape - and how these challenges may require a whole new breed of information security professional. In this second part of the series we unpack the argument for a new role combining Chief Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer in a rapidly evolving regulatory and threat rich environment. We also chat with Chief Security and Privacy Officer (CSPO) at a Fortune 500 company to get his take on the subject.

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Insights

Watching the Watchman: Court Rejects Australian Privacy Commissioner’s Stance on Metadata

Government Surveillance, Security and Privacy: Does Security Always Win? (Part II)

Government Surveillance, Security and Privacy: Does Security Always Win? (Part I)

Cyber Attack Season

Standardising Data Breach Response Plan – The State of the Art

Online Retailers Brace for the Holiday ‘Hacking’ Season

Recent Changes to Privacy and Data Protection Laws in South Korea

Get Ready to Establish an Ecosystem of Trust and Protection in the Digital Age

The Rise of the Chief Security and Privacy Officer

U.S. Banks are Blocking AI Agents from Accessing Customer Accounts Amid Safety Concerns

OpenAI: AI Agents Turned Off Safety Monitoring Guardrails, Even Lied About It

SafePay Ransomware Breached Over 600 Critical Infrastructure Organizations, CISA Warns

Why Agentic AI Belongs in Your Employee Security Framework