Privacy + Data Protection

As Australian organisations respond to the commercial challenge of delivering technology-enhanced services and embracing emergent technologies, they are finding themselves increasingly exposed to continuously evolving data protection and privacy laws, and a growing prominence of cyber security threats. AB can provide you with the support you need in managing and responding to privacy-related risks and cyber breach incidents while allowing your business to continue thriving.

In today’s market, if you have clients, you have privacy obligations.

— James Cole, Head of Cyber and Privacy

Privacy Impact Assessment

A Privacy Impact Assessment provides an independent assessment of how you handle personal information in relation to a specific project, practice, or technology - whether existing or proposed. It provides insight into potential privacy impacts and regulatory compliance risks.

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Privacy Solutions

Privacy Capability Assessment

The Privacy Capability Assessment is a comprehensive solution that benchmarks your privacy practices against established best practices and regulatory obligations providing actionable, pragmatic recommendations to enable your organisation to improve your privacy controls and processes. ———————————- -

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Privacy Breach Response

Privacy breaches can occur due to malicious activity, such as hacking or ransomware, or from unintentional mishandling by employees and contractors. We help organisations prepare for, and respond to, privacy incidents - supporting incident response planning and response activities ranging from regulatory and consumer notifications through to recovery.

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Privacy Advisory -

Our expert Privacy Team can support your organisation in identifying and responding to your unique privacy risks. We routinely advise on policy drafting, disclosure obligations, regulatory and legal risks associated with personal and sensitive information, laws applicable to AI and machine learning, international privacy law exposure, and more. ————————————————

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Privacy Support Services

Our privacy support services include flexible options to outsource your Privacy Officer needs, add capacity to your privacy team, or provide your internal privacy resources with an escalation helpdesk for ad-hoc guidance and routine advice. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

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Privacy Policies + Compliance

A clearly written Privacy Policy lets your customers know what to expect from your organisation with respect to your personal information handling practices and is generally a key legal requirement. We have flexible packages to help you craft privacy policies and disclosures that effectively communicate your personal information handling practices while meeting your various legal obligations.

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Privacy Complaints and DSARs

Individuals, and the law, have expectations and requirements as to how you handle personal information. Privacy laws extend a wide variety of rights and freedoms to individuals allowing for access, correction, and in some cases deletion of their personal information. Privacy complaints must be thoroughly investigated and handled according to applicable laws. Our expert team can help.

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Privacy Training -

Lack of education and awareness around privacy obligations can result in complaints, regulatory investigations, and breaches. We provide flexible options to provide customised privacy training to support your organisation. Whether it’s general staff or specialist team training, we can help your employees understand and comply with privacy obligations. ————————————————

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Data Ethics and Bias Assessments

Data ethnics and bias assessments help your organisation to identify, understand and reduce ethical impacts and bias arising from the use of various data types, algorithms, processing methods and technologies. This is particularly critical with the use of artificial intelligence (AI), facial recognition, and machine learning. ——————————————————————————————————————————————

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