Information Law for Government
Issues covered include: data breach, FOI and privacy , producing court orders, obligations, ethics
Description
Is privilege lost when shared within government? Who can waive the privilege? When is confidentiality the exception to the disclosure rule? What information can I release to the public? Government lawyers are faced with a raft of special rules and obligations surrounding information, and rightly so. As holders of critical data, personal details and security information, it is government’s duty to protect it. Gain clarity on exactly what your obligations are so that you don’t make a mistake you’ll regret..
Attend and earn 3 CPD hours including:
1 hour in Competency Area 1: Practice Management
1 hour in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
1 hour in Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This seminar was recorded in WA on 17 September 2019
Chair: Catherine Fletcher, Information Commissioner for WA
Competency Area 1: Practice Management
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Minimising the Impact of the Inevitable Data Breach: What Government Departments and Agencies Should and Must Do
- Obligations to protect and manage data, including personal information
- How departments and agencies must and should respond to data breaches
- What we can learn from recent government data breaches in Australia and overseas
- Best practices for departments and agencies in preventing, responding to and mitigating data breaches
Presented by David Yates, Partner, Corrs; President, Data Management Association (WA); Best Lawyers 2019, Intellectual Property
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Information Release: FOI and Privacy Considerations
- To other government departments
- To next-of-kin
- To the public
- When is use and disclosure of personal information impliedly authorised?
- FOI release of decision-maker names
Presented by Matthew Pudovskis, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4.15pm to 5.15pm: To Produce or Not to Produce: What are Your Obligations?
- Obligations with respect to production of documents by government departments pursuant to court and statutory orders
- Reasons not to produce: privilege, cabinet in confidence and privacy
- Case examples: Responding to orders under section 58 of the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017, s. 25 of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, and Schedule 1 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provision) Act 1990
Presented by Dr David Cox, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Venue
Parmelia Hilton
Level 1, Meeting Room, 14 Mill Street
Perth 6000
WA
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - The Esplanade Station
Bus Interchange - St Georges Terrace Cloisters Green
Parking information
Parmilia Hilton - Valet Parking only - Click here to view rates.
Convention Centre - 100 metres from Parmelia Hilton. Click here to view rates.