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Oct 16, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Breanna Davies |Dudley Kneller |Louise Rumble |Michael Morris |Sinead Lynch |Siobhan Pat Mulcahy | +5 more
The right to disconnect is here – But what does that mean? From 26 August 20241 , the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act) includes an enforceable workplace right to ‘disconnect’ from out of hours contact. While there has been a lot of commentary about the change, including concerns from the business sector, the right to disconnect presents an opportunity for employers to initiate constructive conversations around boundary setting, individual working arrangements, remuneration and employer expectations.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Antoine Pace |Dudley Kneller |Sinead Lynch |Raisa Blanco |Chris Girardi
Hot off the heels of its first tranche of reforms to the Privacy Act, the Federal Government has released a raft of cyber security legislation to ‘achieve Australia’s vision of being a world leader in cyber security by 2030’,[1] including Australia’s first dedicated ‘Cyber Security Act.’ Minister for Cyber Security Tony Burke yesterday introduced the: Cyber Security Bill 2024 (Cth) (Cyber Security Bill) Intelligence Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Response and Prevention)...
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Sinead Lynch |Dudley Kneller |Antoine Pace |Michael Morris |Eve Lillas |Lucy Hardyman | +1 more
The long-awaited Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) reforms are finally here, with the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 presented before Parliament yesterday. After almost four years since the commencement of the Privacy Act Review, the Government has introduced the first ‘tranche’ of these reforms.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Dudley Kneller |Sinead Lynch |Michael Morris |Lucy Hardyman
2024 is proving to be another significant year in the evolving privacy and data law environment.
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May 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Sinead Lynch |Dudley Kneller |Michael Morris |Lucy Hardyman
The Federal Government has announced a suite of preventative measures and legislative reforms following a national cabinet meeting yesterday addressing violence against women in Australia. Notably, the Government will bring forward legislation in August outlawing the release of private information online with an intent to cause harm, also known as ‘doxxing’.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Sinead Lynch |Antoine Pace |Dudley Kneller |Raymond Y. Huang
Cyber note – New developments:Australian businesses to report cyber ransom demands under proposed no-fault systemNew cyber-risk reporting requirements for Australian telcosWith its updated Cyber Security Strategy expected to be released next week, the Federal Government has set the scene, by making a number of early announcements.
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Dudley Kneller |Sinead Lynch |Antoine Pace |David SMith |David Smith |Eve Lillas | +1 more
As briefly noted in our Gadens Regulatory Recap on 30 May 2023, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has recently handed down its decision regarding the conduct of Clearview AI Inc (Clearview AI), confirming the applicability of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) to the conduct of entities overseas, and recent amendments to the Privacy Act which have the potential to bring many more overseas entities within the scope of the Act.
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Jun 16, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Dudley Kneller |Sinead Lynch |Antoine Pace |David SMith |David Smith |Clare Smith | +1 more
It has only been three months since the Attorney General’s Office released its report (Report) on the proposed amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). The Report made 116 recommendations for reform. The recommended reforms are extensive and will, if implemented, have a substantial effect on how businesses regulated under the Privacy Act (APP entities) may lawfully collect, use and disclose personal information.
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May 25, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Dudley Kneller |Sinead Lynch |Antoine Pace |David SMith |David Smith
With everything and everyone moving online, going paperless and adopting flexible work practices, it’s no wonder employers are collecting more and more personal information, including sensitive personal information, from their employees.
