One of my tasks as Practice Manager is to monitor and review incoming emails addressed to the “generic” business inbox and every now and then I find an email that really distresses me. In fact just last week I opened one such email. What was the cause of my distress...
On 12 March 2014, new Privacy Laws come into effect which could impact on the way that your business collects and handles personal information. All the way back in November and December 2012 we provided some updates about the introduction of new Australian Privacy...
On Wednesday 28 November 2012, in anticipation of the passing of the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012 through both houses of Federal Parliament, I posted a blog titled, ‘The New Australian Privacy Principles: What’s the Big Deal?’. The...
The laws of privacy are being re-written – quite literally. The Federal Government is in the midst of overhauling the Privacy Act 1988. As part of this process they propose to introduce the Australian Privacy Principles (“APPs”) which may affect your organisation and...