In this live online course, hear from legal experts on privacy and data management while earning three CPD units.
Topics will include:

The Privacy Law reforms – Dalvin Chien, Partner, Mills Oakley & Rupert Su, acting Directing Legal (Commercial and Innovation), the NSW Department of Planning Housing and Infrastructure

This session examines the data privacy rights of individuals, and explores the effects of the recent Privacy Act amendments on protections for personal information. 

Ethical data management – protecting confidentiality – Linden Barnes, Senior Ethics Solicitor, Law Society of NSW

In this session, Linden will review recent issues in ethics, focusing on:

• Avoiding misleading statements.
• Managing client expectations.
• Understanding your confidentiality obligations.

Data breach prevention, assessment and reporting – Cate Cloudsdale

This session will focus on the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and will include: 

• Assessing a suspected eligible data breach, including whether there is a likelihood of ‘serious harm’.
• Notification requirements and timelines for action.
• The regulator’s powers to obtain information and to direct an entity to notify.
• How to prevent data breaches through data limitation, retention practices, and security measures.

The session will also touch on the Government’s privacy reforms and how these may impact data breach notification requirements and security practices in the near future. 

Practitioners should inform themselves of Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 which sets out the requirements for the four (4) mandatory CPD areas for NSW legal practitioners – (a) ethics and professional responsibility; (b) practice management and business skills; (c) professional skills; and (d) substantive law. It is the responsibility of each legal practitioner to self-assess as to whether a particular educational activity extends their knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to their practice needs or professional development. If so, then the practitioner may claim one (1) "unit” for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included. 

If you self-assess that this particular educational activity extends your knowledge and skills, this program may allow you to claim three (3) of the mandatory areas: (a) ethics and professional responsibility; (b) practice management and business skills; and (c) professional skills.

Dalvin Chien, Partner, Mills Oakley
Rupert Su, acting Directing Legal (Commercial and Innovation), the NSW Department of Planning Housing and Infrastructure
Linden Barnes, Senior Ethics Solicitor, Law Society of NSW
Cate Cloudsdale, Counsel, Quay Law Partners