Monday, 9 March 2026
Privacy: Breaking Down the Silos
In today’s interconnected workplace, personal information flows through every part of an organisation - from HR to marketing to finance. With privacy law reforms looming and regulators intensifying their focus on data breaches and security, organisations must move beyond silos and adopt a coordinated, whole-of-business approach to managing privacy risk.
- Three privacy issues requiring cross team collaboration
- Implementation of new privacy laws
- ‘Data audit’ of existing data held by the business to determine if the business is legally required or permitted to retain
- Business needing to implement solution involving biometric data – facial recognition or fingerprints
- Ways to successfully engage and enable all relevant business areas in such projects and ensure these potentially risky projects aren’t just the responsibility of the legal team using examples from our own in-house experience
Presented by Emily Booth, Special Counsel, Holding Redlich and Verity White, Principal, Checklist Legal
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Jacqueline Downes, Partner, Allens
Presenters
Jacqueline Downes, Partner, AllensJacqueline Downes heads the national Competition and Consumer Law Group at Allens. Clients rely on her advice and extensive experience in dealing with the ACCC and other regulators to resolve significant issues for their businesses. Jacqueline is ranked as a leading competition and antitrust expert in Chambers, Best Lawyers, The Asia-Pacific Legal 500 and Global Competition Review. Recent commentary in Chambers Asia-, Pacific singles Jacqueline out for her 'knowledge of how the authorities work especially in the merger control space' and describes her as an 'exceptional practitioner' whose 'responsiveness, sharp intelligence and ability to deliver set her apart'.
Emily Booth, Special Counsel, Holding Redlich
Emily is a corporate and commercial lawyer with particular expertise in intellectual property and privacy issues. Emily assists a broad range of clients including those in the media and advertising industries. Prior to joining Holding Redlich, Emily worked in-house as a lawyer in the FMCG and telecommunications industries and also in London and has a good understanding of how legal services can add value to a client’s business.
