Events

Here you'll find events supporting collaborative research activities in the 'Interpreting Privacy Principles' research project. Events during the life of the IPP project, which drew to a close in 2009-10, included symposia, fora, seminars and continuing legal education and postgraduate courses and workshops.

2010

• Symposium: International perspectives on privacy regulation: Privacy Principles in Asia Pacific economies compared, UNSW Law moot court, March 3-4 2010.
  See also the Asia-Pacific Privacy Scholars Network arising from this event.
• CLE seminar: Privacy in the Asia-Pacific: 2010 Update: A comprehensive survey of privacy and data protection in the region, Grace Hotel Sydney, March 2 2010

2009

• Presentation: 'Challenges to Personal Information Security and Net Neutrality from e-Security on Steroids,' D. Vaile at the e-Security for Government conference, Melbourne - 23 September
• LawTechTalk: 'Viral advertising', Facebook groups and regulation of social advertising in electronic media, visitor Dr Jan Trzaskowski, Law Department of Copenhagen Business School, conducting research on 'Neuroeconomics and Advertising Law: Viral Advertising' at UNSW Law Faculty - 30 April

2008

• Symposium: Meeting privacy challenges: ALRC and NSWLRC Privacy Reviews. See materials; see also Publications for our 6 ALRC submissions. UNSW - 2 October 2008
• Seminar: "You are where you’ve been: Technological threats to your location privacy"', investigation of legal, policy, technology and social issues, co-hosted by School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems and Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre. Materials, Brochure - 23 July, UNSW Law Theatre
• Seminar: Prof Jane Winn, US online contracts and consumer regulation expert, Consumer Protection in the 'Information Economy' lecture co-hosted with CHOICE, and a workshop, intro by Chris Connolly, on proposed Consumer Digital Rights Charter, UNSW - 7 March 2008
• Research Associate Nigel Waters participates in APEC privacy meeting in Peru for NGOs. See his report and notes - February 2008
• Centre directors Greenleaf and Vaile present to Japanese delegation on regulation of online privacy in e-commerce, Sydney - February 2008

2007

• Symposium: 'Enforcing Information Privacy Laws', 3 July 2007, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney.
• LawTechTalk: 'Can the US Meet International Privacy Standards
  in an era of Personal Health Records, Consumer Scores, and Watch Lists?' Robert Gellman, privacy and information policy consultant, Washington DC, at UNSW 7 June 2007

2006

• Symposium: Interpreting Privacy Principles: Chaos or Consistency? UNSW AGSM, with international and local privacy commissioners, May 2006.

Earlier related events (see CLPC Events pages) included:

2005

• Making a Big Brother? eGovernment in Hong Kong, seminar, Joeson Wong, 2005
• NSW and Private sector privacy law
  Refresher and Advanced Practical workshop for privacy officers and advisers, Waters and Johnston, 2005

2004 and before

• Privacy Complaints - How to get a win for your client (Making of Privacy Laws Work), CLE seminar 2004
• 'Terrorists and Watchdogs' international conference, 2003
• The New Australian Privacy Landscape CLE seminar, 2001

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The "Interpreting Privacy Principles" research project is supported by an ARC Discovery grant 2006-2009 to a research team based at the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, UNSW Faculty of Law.