Privacy & Risk Management – Information Sheet 3 (Updated March 2020)

Risk Management: Data Protection and Privacy Compliance Privacy compliance and data breach risk management is too often not taken seriously by Australian organisations. The complexity of organisational structures and IT business systems in many instances results in management not knowing what data is collected by whole of business and how the data is managed. Privacy… Read More

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Defamation of a Business: Maintaining a strong business reputation (March 2020)

  Stephens Lawyers & Consultants – Information Sheet (March 2020) by Katarina Klaric, Principal & Director, Stephens Lawyers & Consultants A strong business reputation, is crucial in today’s online and social media environment. Maintaining a good on-line business reputation assists a business in: Maintaining and attracting new customers and business opportunities, Retaining staff and attracting… Read More

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Compensation for Privacy Breaches – Summary of Cases (2016—2019) Determined by the Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner

Stephens Lawyers & Consultants provides a review of the compensation awarded in determinations made during the years 2016-2019 by the Office of the Australian Information Privacy Commissioner in relation to privacy breaches.  Case Summaries provided after the Table of Cases. CASE PRIVACY PRINCIPLES BREACHED COMPENSATION RECEIVED ‘RC’ and TICA Default Tenancy Control Pty Ltd (Privacy)… Read More

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Damages for Online Defamation – Recent Cases [2015 to October 2019] – Updated Oct 2019

Katarina Klaric, Principal, Stephens Lawyers & Consultants * Publication of defamatory comments on websites, social media and business networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn are becoming increasingly common and are causing devastating harm to both personal and business reputation and business losses.  Some of the defamatory material published is of such an… Read More

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Damages for On-line Defamation – Recent Cases [2015 to June 2018] – Updated June 2018

Katarina Klaric, Principal, Stephens Lawyers and Consultants* Publication of defamatory comments on websites, social media and business networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn are becoming increasingly common and are causing devastating harm to both personal and business reputation and business losses.  Some of the defamatory material published is of such an extreme… Read More

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AI Generated Works and Copyright Protection (August 2019) *

by Katarina Klaric, Principal, Stephens Lawyers & Consultants  A.        Introduction Businesses using AI computer systems or technology to generate literary or artistic works such as reports, directories or other compilations, databases, computer software, digital images, designs or plans,  are at risk of not having copyright protection. In Australia, such works will not… Read More

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