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Social media and shopping converge: buyer beware

Corporate & Commercial| 25 Aug 2020

Social media and shopping converge: buyer beware

In this article, we consider the legal issues for retailers hoping to take advantage of the new convergence of ‘social’ and ‘shopping’.

A new right for a new era

Privacy| 18 Jul 2018

A new right for a new era

In May 2018, the Federal Government announced that it will introduce amendments to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to create a consumer data right (CDR) for application in banking, energy and telecommunications industry sectors, emphasising the consumer choice and competitive benefits.

It’s nothing personal… Federal Court finds that ‘personal information’ must be information ‘about an individual’

Privacy| 30 Jan 2017

It’s nothing personal… Federal Court finds that ‘personal information’ must be information ‘about an individual’

On 19 January 2017, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia handed down its much anticipated decision in relation to whether certain types of network data stored by Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra) was ‘personal information’ for the purposes of the ...

Part 3 – Lessons from the Ashley Madison Privacy Investigation

Corporate & Commercial| 17 Oct 2016

Part 3 – Lessons from the Ashley Madison Privacy Investigation

In Part 1 and Part 2 of these updates, we have explored a number of Privacy Act related issues that were identified by the Acting Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner of Canada (Privacy Commissioners) during their investigation of the Ashley Madison ...

Part 2 – Lessons from the Ashley Madison privacy investigation

Corporate & Commercial| 28 Sep 2016

Part 2 – Lessons from the Ashley Madison privacy investigation

In Part 1 of this series we explored the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) breaches that were identified by the Acting Australian Information Commissioner (Commissioner) and Privacy Commissioner of Canada during their joint investigation of Ashley Madison.