With the deadline to comply with Australia’s new data privacy laws fast approaching, Minter Ellison’s Tarryn Ryan and Veronica Scott examine one of the key features of the Australian Privacy Principles (APPS)—effectively legislating for the concept of Privacy by Design—in this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor. In a related story, CIO offers tips on how to best comply, noting the new legislation will allow the privacy commissioner to seek penalties—up to $340,000 for individuals and $1.7 million for companies—for serious breaches. Ryan and Scott note, “For the first time there will be a stand-alone provision that requires organisations to manage personal information in an open and transparent way.” Meanwhile, speaking at a an iappANZ event, Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim, who will release guidance on the new legislation next week, “said he will not rule out putting his new enforcement powers to the test in their first 12 months, but said his office would take into account the steps an organisation had taken to achieve compliance with new privacy legislation before applying fines,” ITnews reports.
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