Privacy Archives - King & Wood Mallesons Pulse

Kicking Off the Year with Privacy Cheers: Make Data Privacy Day Count

28 January 2025

Caroline Hayward and Cecilia Askvik recognise Data Privacy Day and set out how to organisations can leverage this day and privacy reforms as a strategic opportunity to build robust privacy practices and lasting customer trust.

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End Of Year Cyber Readiness: Beware of Cyber Grinches

29 November 2024

By Caroline Hayward, Cecilia Askvik

Caroline Hayward and Cecilia Askvik set out how to prepare for and manage cyber incidents and data breaches as the holiday season approaches.

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Managing Privacy Risk: Why Privacy Impact Assessments Should Be Added to Your Toolbox

22 February 2024

By Caroline Hayward, Cecilia Askvik

Caroline Hayward and Cecilia Askvik explore how Privacy Impact Assessments can be used as a compliance tool to avoid costly and damaging privacy mistakes.

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Speak now on privacy laws: Australia’s review approaches close

28 March 2023

By Cheng Lim, Kirsten Bowe, Bryony Evans, Michael Swinson, Georgia Peake

The Australian government wants input on the privacy and data protection overhaul. King & Wood Mallesons explain the implications.

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Modern monarchy and the media: Duchess of Sussex wins historic privacy case against the British tabloids

16 April 2021

By Lucia Belchamber

In another reminder that being a princess isn’t all it’s cracked up be (after binge-watching the latest season of The Crown), Meghan Markle (a.k.a.

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Australia’s first privacy class action settles

13 December 2019

By Patrick Gunning

On 9 December 2019 the Supreme Court of NSW approved a settlement of a class action alleging invasion of privacy — the first Australian case of this kind.

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The elephant in the room – is there a tort of privacy in Australian law?

15 November 2019

By Patrick Gunning

Because data is intangible and not protected by a single legal doctrine the law struggles to fashion appropriate remedies when data has been copied or ‘stolen’ in an unauthorised manner.

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Better safe than sorry: a cautionary tale about Customer Data Sharing Agreements

19 June 2019

By Rianne Chen

Two companies enter into a franchising agreement.

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Personal Information- it’s all “about” you

25 January 2017

By Michael Swinson

Should data generated within a telecommunications network in the course of transmitting calls and other messages be treated as personal information under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)?

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Australian Privacy Commissioner takes expansive view of jurisdiction in Ashley Madison case

31 August 2016

By Patrick Gunning

Many regulators take an expansive view of their remit, and the Australian Privacy Commissioner has acted in this way in the Ashley Madison case.

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