Information governance, data protection and security, privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) have all become critical topics for boards and government bodies to consider. Historically, the issues tended[...]
Information is critical to decision-making and plays an essential role across all three pillars of governance.
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Corporate governance – how a corporation is controlled and directed, and how it manages its risk profile – is generally contained in a framework of policies, rules, codes[...]
How well an organisation deals with its delegations is fundamental to its efficiency to maximise opportunities and minimise risk. From a practical management perspective it is necessary in[...]
Dark data poses potentially significant risks and costs for organisations. Additionally, with an increasing focus on ESG reporting, organisations should be considering how they can measure and report[...]
On 8 August 2023, penalties for record-keeping failures of $549 million were ordered against 10 banks, broker-dealers and investments advisers in the U.S. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission[...]
Most organisations are collecting and generating exponentially increasing volumes of data each year. However, many organisations struggle to safely and efficiently dispose of data that is no longer[...]
The Optus Data Breach incident has shed some much-needed light on the need for robust, top-down board governance over organisational data and information. It is evident that this[...]
The Information Governance Primer provides a wide-ranging overview on the fundamentals of good information governance.
In today’s digital environment, the growing number and complexity of challenges associated with data[...]
As we put 2020 behind us and look forward to 2021, we reflected in an interactive virtual discussion forum on the key IG learnings from the past 12[...]
Data and information are increasingly becoming the lifeblood of organisations. However the exponential amounts of data being collected by companies and government alike, together with the risks and[...]
Information governance, data protection and security, privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) have all become critical topics for boards and government bodies to consider. Historically, the issues tended[...]
As we rapidly move toward a technology-driven, globally interconnected world, the exponential growth in data collected by business and government enables significant value to be derived from this[...]
As the law lags behind in rapid technology innovations, particularly in big data, artificial intelligence (AI), machine-learning and the Internet of Things (IoT), there is increasing awareness and[...]
The current buzz about legal project management is that it provides a way for in-house counsel to achieve project objectives with reduced cost. The question is how do[...]
Privilege is not a given simply because there is confidential communication between a lawyer and their client for the dominant purpose of seeking or giving legal advice –[...]
Determining when a document or communication is privileged can be a challenge. For in-house counsel, questions can arise about the context in which advice was given and, in[...]
The issue of whether legal professional privilege attaches to communications or documents generated in a company or organisation that employs an in-house lawyer has received quite a lot[...]
The High Court has held that where a court orders discovery it has the powers necessary to permit a party to correct a mistake to deal with inadvertent[...]
Globally ‘dawn raids’ by regulators are becoming increasingly common on corporate organisations in relation to both civil and criminal matters. You may only become aware that your organisation and/or[...]
In the wake of the recent wave of high-profile data breaches at Optus, Medibank and MyDeal, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus tabled the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill[...]
The Optus Data Breach incident has shed some much-needed light on the need for robust, top-down board governance over organisational data and information. It is evident that this[...]
Data and information are increasingly becoming the lifeblood of organisations. However the exponential amounts of data being collected by companies and government alike, together with the risks and[...]
While Australia and New Zealand have successfully flattened the COVID-19 curve, the approaches of each country have somewhat differed, both in relation to the level of restrictions imposed[...]
As the law lags behind in rapid technology innovations, particularly in big data, artificial intelligence (AI), machine-learning and the Internet of Things (IoT), there is increasing awareness and[...]
The European’s Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes significant change to privacy laws in Europe and will apply and be enforced from 25 May 2018. Organisations that[...]
Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme comes into effect from 22 February 2018. This article explains what a Notifiable Data Breach is and when to notify the Australian[...]
Preventing data privacy breaches is becoming increasingly important, with the increasing costs of dealing with cyber attacks, IT security breaches, and the subsequent legal actions and regulatory investigations.[...]
Organisations globally are struggling to manage both the opportunities and risks posed by the explosion of data they hold, which is increasing at an exponential rate each year. [...]
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