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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
An expensive email: ‘SD’ and ‘SE’ and Northside Clinic
A medical clinic has been ordered to pay $16400 for inadvertently sending an email to the wrong address.…
DPD v Far West Local Health District
DPD v Far West Local Health District Industry: Hospital Services Players in litigation DPD – service provider Far…
How *not* to respond to a privacy breach: ‘SF’ and ‘SG’
This case was a dispute between a patient seeking records from a former treating psychologist. The Privacy Commissioner…
I’m a just a small business/start-up so why should I care about privacy law?
The Commonwealth Privacy Act only applies to companies that have a turnover of more than $3 million, and…
What we can learn from the Grubman ransomware attack
Overview In May this year, the US entertainment law firm Grubman, Shire, Meiselas & Sacks (Grubman) was a…