InfoGovANZ is a community of international professionals across the data and information sphere - InfoGov, Legal, Data Privacy, Cyber & Info Security, Records Management, eDiscovery, Data & Infonomics, and AI & Ethics - with a multi-disciplinary focus to collaborate and share best practices and promote global information governance innovation.
Contribute, share your knowledge, and learn from other members of the community by joining InfoGovANZ. Become part of a growing network of like-minded professionals covering the wide range of disciplines contributing to information governance. As a member, you will receive the latest updates PLUS be the first to know about our events AND receive member-only discounts.
Upcoming Events and Workshops
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Information Governance Foundations Workshop – April
AUD $495.00 + gstThursday, 27 April, 9am-12noon AEST
This workshop will provide you with a systematic approach to governance and management of information assets in support of overarching business goals and objectives. It will help you to develop and improve your Information Governance framework and the co-ordinating mechanisms to increase collaboration and break-down silos.
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IAM 2023: Official Launch with the Latest Trends in Information Governance
ComplimentaryWebinar 12 noon AEST | 8 May 2023
Join us to hear the Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Simon Froude, officially launch IAM 2023 and discuss this year’s theme – The Next Wave: Empowering Information Professionals for the Future. The latest trends revealed in the Information Governance Industry Report 2023, will be discussed by Susan Bennett, Founder InfoGovANZ, and Dr Peter Chapman, Partner, Korda Mentha and InfoGovANZ International Council.
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Information Lifecycle Management Workshop – May
AUD $495.00 + gstThursday, 11 May 2023, 9am-12noon AEST
Knowing what data and personal information your organisation is collecting, where it is stored, how it is secured and protected, and that it is disposed of when no longer required for regulatory or business purposes, are ongoing challenges for organisations. This workshop will help you deliver a better understanding of the value of an effective data and information lifecycle strategy, its key components and how to work with internal stakeholders to implement or improve information lifecycle management in your own organisation.
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Information Governance (IG) Industry Research Survey 2023
InfoGovANZ invites you to participate in our 4th industry research survey, which tracks the development and trends in information governance over the last 7 years.
The purpose of this survey is to collect the knowledge and opinions of practitioners and industry participants in relation to their organisation’s development of IG. We want to know what you think about IG, what IG means to your organisation, what drives your IG projects and your thoughts about IG in 2023. This is a great opportunity for you to share what you think and the industry experiences you’ve had.
The IG Industry Report 2023 and the insights obtained from this research survey will be published in the April edition of The Governance of Things and will be the subject of a discussion forum for Information Awareness Month in May.
If you’d like to remind yourself of the results from our previous surveys, you can access them here - 2017 IG Report, 2019 IG Report and the 2021 IG Report.
There are 26 questions and an opportunity to provide further comments at the conclusion of the survey. We estimate it will take about 8 minutes to complete the survey. All data is collected on an anonymous basis, so any answers you give will not be directly connected to you or your organisation.
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Latest Updates
Cleansing and Organizing Unstructured Data Stores in Preparation for Migration – ActiveNav
Background Regional wholesaler and largest supplier of treated water in the United States serving 19 million people, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (The “District”) had accumulated 80 TB of data over 30 years of file share use. With 1800 employees, the process to clean up the data was […]
Read MorePrivacy Act Review Report
The long awaited report reviewing Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 has been released by the Australian Government, proposing significant changes including individual rights modelled on the GDPR, such as the right to request erasure, and notification of databreaches to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner within 72 hours. Attorney-General Dreyfus’ statement […]
Read MoreInformation Lifecycle Management: what is it and how it reduces risk?
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 needed for regulatory retention requirements or for legitimate purposes, as required, for example, under the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Californian Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). On top of the complexity of keeping track of data within the organisation, the perception that data is ‘the new oil’ and increasingly cheap storage costs are typical reasons why data is not actively managed and disposed of when no longer required. The Optus Data Breach and the increasing number of decisions by regulators in the US and EU underscore the risk and consequences of over-retention of data for organisations. Most of these decisions on over-retention of data arise from inadequate cyber security and have resulted in monetary sanctions and, […]
ChatGPT Proves a Mediocre Law Student
[Note: InfoGovANZ thanks Craig Bell for permission to republish his article here, which was first published on Ball in Your Court] I recently spent a morning testing ChatGPT’s abilities by giving it exercises and quizzes designed for my law and computer science graduate students. Overall, I was impressed with its performance, but also noticed that it’s frequently wrong but never in doubt: a mechanical mansplainer! If you’re asking, “What is ChatGPT,” I’ll let it explain itself: “ChatGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI. It is a type of machine learning model called a transformer, which is trained to generate text based on a given prompt. It is particularly well-suited to tasks such as natural language processing, text generation, and language translation. It is capable of understanding human language and generating human-like text, which makes it useful for a wide range of applications, such as chatbots, question-answering systems, and […]
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Reducing discovery costs in litigation & the new EDRM Dupe ID Specification – Webinar Recording
Hear from the experts on steps organisations can take to significantly reduce legal fees in litigation and learn about the very latest with the release of the EDRM E-Mail Duplicate Identification Specification and Message Identification Hash (MIH).
View DetailsWhat are the risks for organisations using Chat GPT and similar technology? – Webinar Recording
Chat-GPT has generated a lot of interest and discussion in recent months. The potential of this type of technology is enormous, however, it poses significant risks.
View DetailsDigital Identity Resilience: Empowering individuals with more control over their personal information – Webinar Recording
Our end-of-year event with special guests – The Hon Victor Dominello MP Minister for Digital, NSW Privacy Commissioner Samantha Gavel and Dr Peter Chapman to discuss: learnings from recent high-profile data breaches; minimising personal data; cyberattacks and the role of human error; how to building digital resilience and empowering individuals with more control over their personal information; and the role of Privacy-by-Design and robust Information Governance.
View DetailsFor the first time in history, the world's leading experts on accelerating technology are consistently finding themselves too conservative in their predictions...
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