Privacy

Course summary

Privacy laws set out principles that regulate how organisations collect, use, disclose, access, correct, store, and destroy personal information. 

When collecting personal information, it is imports that we handle it and protect it to meet our obligations.

Privacy data breaches can incur heavy costs for organisations, including large fines and significant reputational damage. 

Key modules

• The law
• Personal information
• Data security
• Notifiable Data Breaches
• Access and correction
• Data quality
• Use and disclosure
• Identifiers
• Collection of information
• GDPR

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• understand the laws and regulations relating to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information;
• understand requirements regarding the quality, security and storage of personal information;
• understand how to apply the principles within the workplace; and
• know when to take action to protect people’s privacy.

Legislation covered

Australia: Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

New Zealand: Privacy Act 2020

European regulation: General Data Protection Regulation