Data Sharing and Release Bill Response to Issues Paper We refer to the New Australian Government Data Sharing and Release Legislation Issues Paper (Issues Paper) and the associated consultation meeting which took place in Sydney on Friday 27 July 2018 (Sydney Consultation) facilitated by Dr Phillip Gould, Assistant Secretary, Office of the National Data Commissioner (NDC). This submission brings together the views of the following stakeholders: Melanie Marks, Principal, elevenM Susan Bennett, Principal Sibenco Legal & Advisory, Co-founder & Director, Information Governance ANZ Anna Johnston, Director, Salinger Privacy Professor Graham Greenleaf, Professor of Law & Information Systems, UNSW Professor Michael Adams, Professor of Corporate Law & Governance, Western Sydney University Associate Professor Thalia Anthony, Indigenous Law Centre, University of Technology Sydney Matthew Golab, Advisory Board Member Information Governance ANZ Katherine Sainty, Managing Director, Sainty Law Michael Bahari, CIPP/E, Admitted lawyer of the Supreme Court of NSW Shane Tully, […]
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Data Governance Forum
Thought Leadership Data Governance Forum The Search for Meaning: Cutting Through the Noise Welcome to the On-Line Information Governance Forum for input to The Search for Meaning, Cutting Through the Noise. The purpose of the On-Line Forum is to solicit input from the broader community of IG professionals and encourage input from people who cannot attend the workshops. The main objective being to create a foundational definition of elements and terms used when describing the practice of Information Governance from a business perspective. The approach we are taking is to tackle four Information Governance terms in separate forums. This forum will be focused on Data Governance. We have a discussion thread below with some sample definitions as a starting point for input and discussion, we ask you to review these and make suggestions of alternative definitions and ask for the opinions of others who are participating in the forum. New to the […]
CIO Magazine – Grappling with IG
Why implementing good data governance should be on every CIO’s radar as a way to reduce risk, ensure compliance and increase business productivity and efficiency Businesses are literally drowning in data as employees collect, interact with and store more information across an increasing number of platforms. The sheer amount of company data residing in email and core transactional systems, as well as customer sentiments across various social media platforms is – for most organisations – getting increasingly difficult to deal with. About 2.5 quintillion bytes of information is generated worldwide each day, which means that managing information throughout its lifecycle is more important than ever. To do this well, organisations need to implement good data governance – an approach to managing corporate data by implementing process, roles, controls, and metrics that treat information as a valuable business asset. CIO Australia recently held a breakfast briefing where business leaders discussed why […]
Australia’s Mandatory Data Breach Reporting Scheme: a year on what have we learned?
Twelve months on, consumers are arguably more troubled about the lack of safeguards for privacy, while businesses face the prospect of further regulation and oversight. Without a fundamental shift in how privacy is addressed, the cycle of heightened concern followed by further regulation looks set to continue. In this article, Melanie Marks Principal of elevenM and InfoGovANZ advisory board member, examines how data breaches are happening and the benefits of a more proactive and embedded approach of privacy by design. Australian businesses became subject to a mandatory data breach reporting scheme on 22 February 2018. Angst and anticipation came with its introduction – angst for the disruption it might have on unprepared businesses and anticipation of the positive impact it would have for privacy. Twelve months on, consumers are arguably more troubled about the lack of safeguards for privacy, while businesses face the prospect of further regulation and oversight. […]
A Path Towards Trust
Be-it users stepping away from the world’s biggest social media platform, a major airline’s share price plummeting after a large data breach, or Australia’s largest bank committing to a stronger focus on privacy and security – events in recent weeks provide a strong reminder of the fragility and critical importance of trust to businesses seeking success in the digital economy. Bodies as illustrious as the World Economic Forum and OECD have written at length about the pivotal role of trust as a driving factor for success today. But what does trust actually mean in the context of your organisation? And how do you practically go about building it? A good starting point for any organisation wanting to make trust a competitive differentiator is to gain a deeper understanding of what trust actually means, and specifically, what it means for it. Trust is a layered concept, and different things are […]