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How to Keep Up with Changes in Data Privacy
Compliance & Governance, PCI & Privacy Act ComplianceWhile data driven operations have become more and more accessible to small and medium enterprise over the past years, that same ease of access has left a substantial number of organisations with stored personal data, serious privacy obligations and limited resources to keep up with the changeable privacy landscape.
What is data privacy?
Compliance & Governance, Glossary, NFP Solutions, PCI & Privacy Act ComplianceWhen we interact with other people and organisations in the world, we reveal information like our names, what we look like, where we’re from, or other, more specific information. This is our personally identifiable information. The idea of privacy concerns all aspects of the collection, storage, dissemination and use of that information.
Upcoming changes to privacy are food for thought.
Compliance & Governance, PCI & Privacy Act ComplianceIts aim is to amend the Privacy Act 1988 in accordance with several of the recommendations from the Privacy Act Review Report. Some of the changes will be of interest to businesses that collect, store or use personal data.
What is data privacy and why is it important?
Compliance & Governance, GlossaryWhat is data privacy and why is it important? To get to the root of the matter, let’s start at the beginning: what’s privacy? At its most fundamental, “privacy” refers to the idea that we can restrict access to information about ourselves as individuals.
Australian banking sector must leverage data for success.
Data for Financial Services, Compliance & Governance, Data TechnologyAustralia’s banking and finance sector has seen some turbulence in the last several years. Although it might outwardly appear that shifts in the competition landscape are disparate and unrelated, they do all have one thing in common: organisations looking to get ahead are going to need excellent data strategies. Royal Commission and reporting The 2019…
Data breaches and leaks
Compliance & Governance, Data Solutions, PCI & Privacy Act ComplianceWe store personal data for diverse purposes: health services store patient information, retailers store past purchases and buyer preferences, charitable organisations store information about past donations. In some cases, organisations are required to hold onto this information for tax or other compliance purposes.