Shred-X is a proud sponsor of IAPPANZ and privacy related matters (such as Privacy Awareness Week. On 18 November the iappANZ will host this year’s Privacy@Work Annual Privacy Summit. As the only event of its kind in the region, the Summit provides a forum for people...
The Government has agreed with a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) recommendation to introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme before the end of the year. Consisting of six Liberal/National MPs and four Labor members, the...
Intel Security surveyed 1,200 Australians to gauge opinions, awareness and attitudes surrounding privacy throughout our daily lives. Only 7% of the 1,200 Australians surveyed could recall ‘The Privacy Act’ and only 1% mentioned the recently publicised metadata...
Shred-X is a proud partner of Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) 2015. PAW is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Privacy Authorities, held every year to promote awareness of privacy issues and the importance of the protection of personal information. This year, PAW is being...
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its Annual Report for 2014–15 showing privacy complaints down despite consumer attentiveness to privacy increasing. In 2014–15 the OAIC: handled 14,640 phone enquiries answered 3409 written...
Lachlan McKnight from Legal Vision discusses the impact of the Australian Privacy Principles on the local Real Estate Industry … affecting its capacity for direct marketing to consumers, and introducing huge penalties for violations of the APPs. Late last year we...
