The New Australian Privacy Landscape

Programme

March 2001

Session 1: Overview of the amended Privacy Act

9.00 am Introduction and Overview - new Australian privacy laws in an international context
Nigel Waters, Pacific Privacy Pty Ltd and Convenor, Australian Privacy Charter Council

9.30 am Privacy principles: problems in cyberspace - likely areas of controversy and interpretation
Professor Graham Greenleaf , Faculty of Law, UNSW

10.15 am Panel Discussion session speakers and commentators

10.45 am Morning Tea

Session 2: How the amended Privacy Act will impact specific sectors

11.15 am Electronic Health Records and Medical Privacy
Liong Lim, Baker & McKenzie, and Director, Australian Privacy Foundation

11.45 am Financial Services Privacy - the interaction of the privacy and financial services regulatory systems
Chris Connolly, Director, Consumer Financial Policy Centre, UNSW

12.15 pm Telecommunications Privacy - the interaction of the privacy and telecommunications regulatory systems
Holly Raiche, Codes Manager, Australian Communications Industry Forum

12.45 pm Lunch Session 2 continued:

1.45 pm Privacy in the workplace
Chris Connolly, Director, Consumer Financial Policy Centre, UNSW

2.15 pm Privacy implications of on-line intellectual property protection
Peter Higgs, Vice-President, IPR Systems

2.45 pm Outsourcing under the amended Privacy Act
Tim Dixon, Baker & McKenzie, and Director, Australian Privacy Foundation

3.15 pm Afternoon Tea

3.45 pm Panel Discussion session speakers and commentators

5.00 pm Close