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17th Oct 2020 privacy litigation / updates

Understrength and underfunded: the state of private sector privacy law enforcement in Australia

In Europe, privacy regulators are sending clear signals that companies need to take collection, use and disclosure of personal information

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12th Oct 2020 case studies / privacy litigation

Privacy, disclosures and the importance of context

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has recently clarified when disclosures will be part of the NSW Police’s ‘administrative and

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8th Oct 2020 updates

Trust without verifying? an initial reaction to the US Government’s Schrems II white paper

The US Government has release a white paper in response to the Schrems II judgment. This post is a initial

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7th Oct 2020 case studies / explainer / updates

The employee records exemption: European retailer gets fined for compiling dossiers on its workers

Retailer H&M has been fined A$57million (€35million) for illegally compiling detailed records on its employees in Germany. The company had

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28th Sep 2020 privacy litigation / updates

Providing documents to ASIC without waving legal privilege: ASIC v RI Advice Group

The Federal Court has ruled that certain documents that RI Advice Group (RI) provided to ASIC are admissible in ASIC’s

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27th Sep 2020 explainer / updates

GDPR guidance on third country data transfers

In July 2020, in the Schrems II decision, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) considered the data transfer arrangements that

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23rd Sep 2020 privacy litigation

1.4 million reasons to be transparent in your use of personal info: ACCC v HealthEngine Pty Ltd

On 20 August 2020, the ACCC obtained a Federal Court order fining a health tech company $1.4 million for misleading

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21st Sep 2020 case studies

Lessons from a data breach: data supply chains and paying ransoms

Anglicare Sydney has been the subject of a ransomware attack that has resulted in the theft of a large amount

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3rd Sep 2020 cybersecurity litigation

ASIC v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd

ASIC has alleged in the Federal Court that RI Advice Group has breached it’s obligations under its Financial Services Licence

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2nd Sep 2020 privacy litigation

Misleading and deceptive handling of personal data: ACCC v Google

The ACCC has commenced proceedings against Google for its failure to properly inform and obtain consumers’ consent when collecting and

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