Information Law for Government
Issues covered include: government sector lawyers and public service, information security, freedom of information, privacy considerations, data breach, information regulation
Description
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 units including:
1 unit in Substantive Law
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
Chair: Dr Laura Hilly, Barrister, List G Barristers
2.00pm to 2.45pm: Information Security: Critical Knowledge for Government Lawyers
Part 4 of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 requires agencies to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all public sector information that they hold. The Victorian Protective Data Security Standards establish mandatory requirements to protect information. Understand:
- Who is bound by the VPDSS
- What obligations the VPDSS imposes
- OVIC’s powers to audit and investigate agencies
- How the VPDSS has been received in the first attestation period
- Developments: the VPDSS 2.0 due to be issued late 2019
Presented by Anthony Corso, Assistant Commissioner, Information Security and Bryan Wee, General Counsel, Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner
2.45pm to 3.30pm: 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 Elisa Hesling, Senior Associate, FOI Solutions; Accredited Specialist in Administrative Law
3.30pm to 3.45pm Afternoon Tea
3.45pm to 4.30pm: Data Breach: What Government Departments and Agencies Must Do
- Obligations which apply to government departments and agencies in relation to security of personal information and responding to data breaches
- Case studies from recent cyber security incidents
- Best practice for government departments and agencies in preventing, responding to and mitigating data breaches
Presented by John Dieckmann, Special Counsel, Clayton Utz
4.30pm to 5.15pm: The Nuts and Bolts of Dealing with the Information Regulator
Since its inception in September 2017, OVIC has pursued informal and expedient release of information where it is appropriate, focusing on early resolution, preliminary views, education, publishing decisions and professional standards. Consider and understand:
- OVIC’s role in FOI reviews and complaints; OVIC’s function and powers and its approach to informal and expedient decision making
- Proactive release and release outside of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic): ways to avoid the red tape
- Suggestions for how agencies can best engage with the regulator; the key issues we face with agencies and how we prefer to navigate them
- A key and current issue: When agencies should release public servants names and contact details in response to an FOI request
Presented by Ianina Belski, Assistant Commissioner, Public Access Reviews and Bryan Wee, General Counsel, Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner
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Level 2, 501 Bourke St
Melbourne 3000
VIC
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