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Privacy Officer Training Workshops

PRESENTED BY

Jeremy Douglas-Stewart

Privacy Law Consulting Australia


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Description  This one-day Workshop provides intensive training for Privacy Officers in private sector organisations. The course equips participants with a detailed understanding of:
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privacy laws and their application to private sector organisations;
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how to manage privacy compliance issues.

Participants will receive a Participant Handbook containing course materials (which  is also suitable for use as a privacy reference handbook) and a Certificate of Completion.

Format The workshop is delivered using a PowerPoint presentation. At the end of modules, participants are divided into groups to discuss, identify and apply relevant privacy principles in practical scenarios.

Who is this course for? Senior staff responsible for privacy issues, eg. Privacy Officers, Risk Managers and Internal Auditors.

Which industries is the course relevant to? The course content is relevant to all industries, drawing on case studies and scenarios from a range of sectors, eg financial, retail and health.

Health service providers: The Participant Handbook contains supplementary materials for health service providers, providing further information on privacy laws relating specifically to the health sector. These materials are referred to throughout the Workshop. 

Presenter Jeremy Douglas-Stewart is Principal Consultant at Privacy Law Consulting Australia.  Jeremy was a member of the Federal Privacy Commissioner's Consultative Group during her review of the Privacy Act in 2004-05 and of the Australian Law Reform Commission's Privacy Principles Roundtable in 2007.  Jeremy is author of a national privacy law loose-leaf reporting service.

Cost $520 + GST

(if you can’t attend, workshop materials available separately for $295 + GST)

Group booking discounts

2 persons - 5% discount

3 persons - 7.5% discount

4 persons - 10% discount

5+ persons - 12.5% discount

(group members invoiced individually if required)

Time 9am – 4pm

Catering Morning tea and lunch provided.  Please notify us of any special dietary requirements.

Testimonials

I would recommend this workshop to anyone requiring information on the privacy act
 - Jacqueline, Belmont Private Hospital, QLD

...a wonderful workshop, I really enjoyed every aspect of it...
 - Grace, Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance, VIC

It was an excellent workshop
 - Vidya, Greenslopes Private Hospital, QLD

Good course for people new to Privacy responsibilities
 - Richard, Insurance Australia Group

Content of course was excellent
 - Anne, RailCorp, NSW

Very informative
 - Lars, ACT Health

My colleagues and I had a great day. It was a really good course with plenty of stimulation.
 - David, ACT Territory Records Office

Presenter was great. Really appreciated him answering specific questions and taking the theory and showing how it was applied in real life situations.
 - Sarah, Toowong Private Hospital, QLD

 

Venues & dates (2008)

City

Date Venue

Adelaide

Thurs 6 Nov

Meridien Hotel, 21-37 Melbourne St, North Adelaide

Melbourne

Tues 11 Nov

Mantra on Russell, 222 Russell Street, Melbourne

Sydney

Wed 12 Nov

Medina Grand Sydney, Cnr Kent & Bathurst Streets, Sydney

Brisbane

Fri 14 Nov

Medina Executive Hotel, 15 Ivory Lane, Brisbane

Perth

Thurs 4 Dec

Mercure Hotel Perth, 10 Irwin Street, Perth

 

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COURSE OUTLINE

 

Module 1 - Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - Coverage

   a. Information to which Act applies

   b. Activities to which Act applies

   c. Employee records exemptions

   d. Other exemptions

Part 3 - National Privacy Principles

   NPP 1 - Collection

   NPP 2 - Use and disclosure

   NPP 3 - Data quality

   NPP 4 - Data security

   NPP 5 - Openness

   NPP 6 - Access and correction

   NPP 7 - Identifiers

   NPP 8 - Anonymity

   NPP 9 - Transborder data flows

   NPP 10 - Sensitive information

Part 4 - Practical Issues

   a.  Conducting compliance audits

   b.  Job applicants & recruitment

   c.  Contractors

   d.  Obtaining consent

   e.  Children

   f.   Complaint handling

 

Module 2 - Other Sources of Privacy Regulation

Part 1 - Health Records Statutes (NSW & VIC only)

   a. Overview

   b. Key Differences to Privacy Act

Part 2 - Credit Reporting & Tax File Numbers

Part 3 - Employee Privacy

   a. Video surveillance

   b. Monitoring phones, emails & computers

   c. Spent convictions legislation

 

 

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