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Privacy Law in Australia: Breach Reporting, New Frontiers of Big Data and Differences with the EU GDPR

April 18, 2017

This article is based on a presentation made by Steven Klimt, a partner in the Sydney office of Clayton Utz during the Data Privacy Asia 2016 conference held on 9-11 November 2016. It outlines the new mandatory data breach reporting legislation, how Australian privacy regulation impacts Big Data and the differences between Australian Privacy legislation and the proposed EU GDPR.

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Data Privacy News

Privacy Advocates Calls for Transparency Over Use of Patient Data

May 13, 2020

Privacy advocates raised concerns after reports and leaked documents revealed big data firm Palantir working with U.K.’s NHS to analyze patient data and turn it into a data store.

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Cyber Security Insights

Big Data Brings Challenges Beyond the Capabilities of Traditional SIEMs

January 2, 2020

Big Data is revolutionizing how and why potential threats are detected, and demanding a substantial shift in next generation SIEM.

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Data Privacy Insights

Challenges of Big Data Privacy for Today’s Innovative Enterprises

August 1, 2017

With every new opportunity comes new challenges. How can innovative enterprises capture the vast potential and rise up to the challenge of big data privacy?

Cyber Security Insights

Big Data and Cyber Security Analytics

March 21, 2016

The number of cyberattacks continues to rise and organisations need to come to terms with the fact that traditional approaches to mitigating the effects of malicious attacks may no longer be viable. One of these approaches is to harness the power of big data technology to help companies improve their proactive and reactive cyber-defence capabilities. David White and Annie Tu examine how old approaches may be found wanting and a paradigm based on new defence models can help companies not only stop hackers, but also help to better identify and respond to malicious activities.

Cyber Security Insights

As Tension Between China and the US Heats Up, Big Data Is the First Battleground

November 9, 2022

In an increasingly virtual world — digital footprints have expanded exponentially since the pandemic — big data, or any dataset that holds confidential information or intellectual property, is the next asset to be weaponized.

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Data Protection News

Emerging Technologies to Address Data Privacy and Security Concerns

August 16, 2017

Emerging technologies including biometrics and advanced analytics are helping to revolutionize the way governments and public service agencies address data privacy and security concerns, according to a new report from Accenture.

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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.

Data Privacy Insights

Who Owns My Data?

June 21, 2016

Living in the age of Big Data, consumers are slowly awakening half in doubt regarding the ownership of the data which they generated. As more enterprises start utilising user-generated data for so-called target marketing, more consumers begin questioning about unfairness in sharing the profit earned by commercialising that data. This question motivates us to think about the essence of privacy. Is privacy just about the right to be let alone? Or might it include the right to sell the users' own data?

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Data Privacy Insights

How to Navigate the Privacy Minefield in 2019

February 15, 2019

Most organisations are hungry for the insights and business value to be gleaned from their customer data but wary of falling foul of GDPR. It’s a privacy minefield that many businesses will have to navigate in 2019 and beyond.

Big Data

Privacy Advocates Calls for Transparency Over Use of Patient Data

Challenges of Big Data Privacy for Today’s Innovative Enterprises

Big Data and Cyber Security Analytics

As Tension Between China and the US Heats Up, Big Data Is the First Battleground

Emerging Technologies to Address Data Privacy and Security Concerns

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

Who Owns My Data?

How to Navigate the Privacy Minefield in 2019

High Security Messaging App Tool Used by US Government Suspends Service After Security Breach

TikTok to Receive €530 Million Fine Over EU Data Storage, Data Transfers to China

The Co-op Confirms Significant Data Theft from an Apparent Dragonforce Ransomware Cyber Attack