Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Privacy and Data Laws: Key Issues for In-House Counsel
The privacy and data landscape are complex and are changing. In- house counsel will continue to have a key role by assisting their respective organisations to address existing obligations and to prepare for the pending changes. Examine:
- Key privacy issues to address
- Recent cases and decisions as well as pending changes under the Privacy Reforms Tranche 1
- Overlap of privacy laws with adjacent areas such as regulation of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity
- Role of in-house counsel in supporting or building a privacy program or function
Presented by Olga Ganopolsky, General Counsel – Privacy and Data, Macquarie Group Limited; Chairperson, Business Law Privacy Sub-committee, Law Council of Australia
Chair
Steve Johns, Partner & Technology and Digital Economy Co-Lead, Hall & Wilcox
Presenters
Steve Johns, Partner & Technology and Digital Economy Co-Lead, Hall & Wilcox
Steve’s practice focuses on corporate law, specialising in M&A and joint ventures. He has particular expertise in transactions in the technology (including ICT), life sciences, biotechnology and services sectors. Steve advises clients on share and asset sales, strategic investments, joint ventures and restructures (including carve-outs). His clients including foreign and domestic corporations and private equity and venture capital funds. In addition to his sector expertise, Steve has a focus on cross border transactions, and in particular transactions involving the US. He has worked in the US and regularly advises US clients on transactions in Australia. In addition to working on transactions in the US and Australia, Steve has worked extensively in South East Asia and the Pacific.
Olga Ganopolsky, General Counsel – Privacy and Data, Macquarie Group Limited
Olga Ganopolsky is Macquarie Group’s General Counsel - Privacy and Data and is versed in the subject of data protection with extensive experience in detailed privacy policy challenges, law reform and ongoing management of legal and strategic issues. Much of Olga’s work involves implementing new technologies and addressing privacy requirements in an increasingly complex co-regulatory and sometimes contentious environment. Most recently this has included work on implementations of GDPR and the reforms to Security of Critical Infrastructure Act and related regimes, artificial intelligence, CPS 234, Covid-19 related matters, the Consumer Data Right and addressing cross border issues considering the Schrems II Decision of the European Court of Justice and the newly updated Standard Contractual Clause as approved by the Commission.
