Australia's Privacy Act Reforms: What’s Changing, What It Means and How to Best Prepare

Australia's privacy landscape is entering its most significant period of change in decades. Following the first tranche of reforms, the Australian Government has now released further proposals (and a consultation draft Bill) aimed at modernising the Privacy Act for the digital age and moving our law ever closer to the GDPR.

For organisations operating in Australia, the direction of travel is clear: regulation is increasingly focused on accountability (including knowing what personal information you have, where, why and when it should be deleted), transparency, meaningful consent, stronger governance and demonstrable control over personal information.

Join OneTrust’s DataGuidance and privacy experts as we explore the latest Privacy Act reform proposals and the consultation draft Bill (which is expected to be very close to what ultimately goes before Parliament), unpack their practical implications and discuss the practical steps organisations can take today to prepare for this next phase of Australia's evolving and increasingly complex privacy framework.

Key Discussion Topics:

• What key reforms are being proposed?
• What do these changes mean for organisaitons – just how significant are they?
• How can organisations best prepare now?
• Implications on past data collection/data held at the time the changes become effective
• What’s next?