By Katarina Klaric (Principal) and Emma Contebardo (Lawyer), Stephens Lawyers & Consultants Negative or disparaging online reviews can result in substantial damage to a business’ reputation and also loss of revenue. Where reviews are false, defamatory or not genuine, businesses can take legal action to have the reviews taken down and claim compensation. Some businesses… Read More
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by Katarina Klaric, Principal & Director, Stephens Lawyers & Consultants Data breaches involving an individual’s personal, medical and financial/credit information can result in reputational damage and financial losses. The Australian privacy law provides for an individual affected by a data privacy breach to seek compensation from the organisation involved in the breach. The individual may… Read More
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Risk Management: Data Protection and Privacy Compliance Privacy compliance and data breach risk management is too often not taken seriously by Australian organisations. The complexity of organisational structures and IT business systems in many instances results in management not knowing what data is collected by whole of business and how the data is managed. Privacy… Read More
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Stephens Lawyers & Consultants – Information Sheet (March 2020) by Katarina Klaric, Principal & Director, Stephens Lawyers & Consultants A strong business reputation, is crucial in today’s online and social media environment. Maintaining a good on-line business reputation assists a business in: Maintaining and attracting new customers and business opportunities, Retaining staff and attracting… Read More
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Stephens Lawyers & Consultants provides a review of the compensation awarded in determinations made during the years 2016-2019 by the Office of the Australian Information Privacy Commissioner in relation to privacy breaches. Case Summaries provided after the Table of Cases. CASE PRIVACY PRINCIPLES BREACHED COMPENSATION RECEIVED ‘RC’ and TICA Default Tenancy Control Pty Ltd (Privacy)… Read More
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