Salinger Privacy offers privacy consulting, training and resources. Established in 2004, our clients come from government, the non-profit sector and businesses across Australia.
No matter what sector you are in, we believe that privacy protection is essential for your reputation. In everything we do, we aim to demystify privacy law, and offer pragmatic solutions – to help you ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain the trust of your customers.
Salinger Privacy is:
- a fully pre-qualified supplier to the NSW Government; under the NSW Prequalification Scheme ‘Performance and Management Services’ (SCM0005), Salinger Privacy can be engaged, with no value limit, for business performance reviews and risk management advisory services, such as PIAs and privacy audits
- a registered supplier of Learning Services to the NSW Government; under the NSW Prequalification Scheme ‘ICT Services’ (SCM0020), Salinger Privacy can supply online training programs up to $150,000 in value
- an approved supplier on the Victorian Government’s eServices Register
- an approved seller on the Australian Government’s Digital Marketplace, in relation to our Compliance Kits and privacy training solutions, and
- an Official Training Partner of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
What’s New
Australian Privacy Act reforms
$50+ million penalties for privacy breaches is certainly attention-grabbing! Not to mention the 116 proposals for law reform released on 16 February, 106 of which the Government has now agreed to implement, at least in principle. We have created a dedicated web page to monitor this and the other Privacy Act reforms.
We ran a webinar about the reform proposals in April. The 90 minute recorded presentation, and a copy of the associated handouts, is now available as part of our Privacy Act Reforms Bundle.
We have also updated our fast guide for busy people: The Privacy Act in a Nutshell – An Executive Briefing Paper.
Plus we made a detailed submission to the Department on the Privacy Act Review Report; and in a long-form blog, we have teased out some of the surprising proposals from the Final Report into the review of the Privacy Act. Our latest blog explores the Government’s plans to act.
Our Privacy Act compliance training has also been updated to reflect the new penalties, which came into force in December 2022.
On 17 October 2023 we will be running a free webinar, to help small business owners and managers understand how to reduce the risk of data breaches – and meet customers’ expectations – by handling personal information well.
NSW privacy law reforms
NSW public sector agencies need to get ready for the new mandatory data breach notification scheme, which will commence in November 2023. To help you out, we have revised our template Data Breach Response Plan, to reflect the new requirements, and the latest guidance from the IPC. Grab your copy to streamline your preparation for the new scheme; included in our Everything for NSW Public Sector Agencies Compliance Kit. Plus on 18 October join our webinar: Get Ready for the NSW Mandatory Notification of Data Breaches Scheme.
Our online training module for NSW public sector agencies has also been updated to reflect the new requirements.
The November 2023 edition of the ‘bible’ of NSW privacy law, PPIPA in Practice, is out now – and it includes insights and analysis from the first case involving compensation for a large scale data breach. A copy is included in our Everything for NSW Public Sector Agencies Compliance Kit, or purchase as an annual subscription to ensure you stay up-to-date.
Case law updates
Our Checklist on Handling a Privacy Complaint has been updated to reflect all cases decided by 31 December 2022.
Our Briefing Paper on Privacy, Marketing and Cookies has been updated to reflect the latest binding decisions by the European Data Protection Board against Meta, the EDPB’s guidance from its Cookie Banner Taskforce about cookie banner design, and proposals to reform direct marketing requirements in the Privacy Act.
Unlock a wealth of knowledge from over 580 NSW privacy cases. Find out why our subscribers refer to our annotated guide PPIPA in Practice as their ‘bible’. Now in its 17th year of publication! Reflects cases up to 31 October 2023.
Training
NOW AVAILABLE: A new, no-fuss solution to hosting, monitoring and reporting. We are super excited to announce that our privacy compliance online training modules (and other modules about topics like Privacy by Design) now come with reporting tools! We can supply a module to embed in your LMS, or we can host on our platform, for a no-tech-purchase, no-fuss, immediate roll-out, with regular reporting to you on staff progress. Plus, our modules are constantly updated, to reflect the latest legal developments. With a fresh contemporary design, Salinger Privacy’s online privacy training can help your staff understand their legal obligations, and help you report about their progress. Find out more.
Don’t miss our most popular small group program, CIPM. Or grab great value in a PPT Bundle, giving you access to 13 online training modules for 12 months.
In February 2024 we will be launching the latest IAPP certification course: AI Governance Professional (AIGP).
Check out our Training Calendar for all our up-coming courses including live virtual options, as well as eLearning modules you can do anytime.
Free resources
The 2023 edition of our FREE Privacy Officer’s Handbook is out now. Plus we celebrated Privacy Awareness Week in May with 5 days of free resources and guidance!
On 17 October 2023 we will be running a free webinar, to help small business owners and managers understand how to reduce the risk of data breaches – and meet customers’ expectations – by handling personal information well.
Fresh on the Salinger Privacy blog
Glass half empty, or glass half full? How to read the Privacy Act reform proposals, plus a run-down of the 16 most impactful reforms.
Our November blog argues that if we value truth, if we value peace, our governments should prohibit all online behavioural tracking, profiling and targeting of individuals – including by politicians.
Are you a ‘fun-loving fifties’, a Toyota-buyer or a ‘cardiologist visitor’? Our September blog explains how data brokers have you pegged.
Prevention, notification, compensation: we explore lessons from a government data breach managed badly.
Our August blog challenges how media and marketing companies justify collecting, collating, sharing and using our data, across different brands, services, platforms and apps, in order to track, profile and target us, without our active agreement to do so.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but even synthetic data can have privacy impacts! Our July blog delved into the legal and ethical challenges that can arise when creating or using synthetic data.
We also teased out some of the surprising proposals from the Final Report into the long-running review of the Privacy Act, and took a deeper dive on the definition of ‘personal information’.
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