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PAW blog series 2019: Navigating IPP 2 – Sharing personal information under the PDP Act
Have you ever found yourself hesitating just before sending a work email about an individual to another organisation, concerned that you might be breaching that individual’s privacy? Are you confused about if, and when, you need to seek an individual’s…
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PAW blog series 2019: Good privacy governance – what does it mean?
Embedding a culture of respect for privacy and personal information across an organisation starts with good privacy governance, which is the basis for ensuring organisations have robust and effective privacy management practices. This is essential for building the public’s trust…
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PAW blog series 2019: Data breaches: What can you do? Read our new guidance!
“We forgot to BCC the email addresses” “We sent an email to the wrong recipient and the email had attachments with the personal information of another individual”. “An employee’s bag was stolen and there were client files in the bag”….
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PAW blog series 2019: Protecting privacy is everyone’s responsibility… but why?
Privacy Awareness Week, or ‘PAW’ as we here at the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) fondly call it, is an initiative started by the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities in 2006 to promote and raise awareness of privacy within…
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PAW blog series: Protecting privacy is everyone’s responsibility
This blog post is written by Sven Bluemmel, Information Commissioner Privacy Awareness Week Privacy Awareness Week, or PAW, began as an initiative of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities back in 2006. PAW aims to promote the importance of privacy and…
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