Videos, Podcasts and Media Mentions

Videos

• Safeguard your data – a 90 second video showcasing Salinger Privacy’s online privacy compliance training: what makes our training superior, how it has been customised for different organisations, and your options for hosting, monitoring and reporting on staff progress
• The privacy agenda for 2024 – our Privacy & Technology Specialist, Alex Kotova, joined a panel for the Victorian Privacy Network Meeting to talk about what we can expect this year in the privacy regulatory, legislative and technological space.  March 2024.
• Keeping up with Australia – Our Principal Anna Johnston joined the Future of Privacy Forum to discuss the Australian Government’s proposed reforms to the Privacy Act.  September 2023.
• Balancing personalisation with privacy – our Principal Anna Johnston appeared at the 2022 Macquarie Technology Summit, in conversation with Olga Ganopolsky (Macquarie Group) and Sam Yorke (Google) about personalisation, digital harms and de-identification.  July 2022.
• Getting a clear view: take-aways from recent OAIC determinations – for Privacy Awareness Week 2022 we ran this 1 hour free webinar with the OAIC on what privacy regulator is looking for in your privacy management program, and the lessons we can learn from key regulatory actions. May 2022.
• A Conversation with IAPP Vanguard Award Winners – Our Principal Anna Johnston was honoured for her ‘exceptional leadership, knowledge and creativity in privacy’ with the 2022 IAPP Vanguard Award, one of five privacy professionals recognised globally whose pioneering work is helping to shape the future of privacy and data protection.  You can watch this video chat, in which Anna and her co-winners from around the globe discuss their careers in privacy, the changes they have seen, what they are looking forward to, and advice for early career privacy professionals.  April 2022.
• Looking at privacy through a wider lens – Our Senior Consultant Melanie Casley joined a panel for the Victorian Privacy Network Meeting to talk about different dimensions of privacy, the definition of ‘personal information’, and how to tackle PIAs.  November 2021.
• Burning Platforms: Online privacy – Our Principal Anna Johnston joined the Burning Platforms online technology and politics forum to talk about the latest revelations about Facebook, the Privacy Act review and likely direction of reforms.  Anna’s interview starts 29 minutes in. October 2021.
• Masterclass in Data, Privacy and Ethics – for Privacy Awareness Week 2021 we ran this 1 hour free webinar with the OAIC on how organisations can best make decisions about secondary data use, which are legal, ethical, and respectful of your customers. May 2021.
• Future of Privacy Forum Panel – Our Principal Anna Johnston joined the FPF weekly panel to discuss her new paper: Individuation. Approx 16 min discussion, starting 28:30mins in. July 2020.
• Privacy Landscape 2020 – Our Principal Anna Johnston presented for IAB Australia on the current regulatory landscape: local and global developments, and how they will impact AdTech. May 2020.
• Are we all on the same page when we talk about privacy? – The entire Salinger Privacy team got in on the act in this roleplay which illustrates some of the common misunderstandings which occur between teams when talking about privacy. May 2020.
• GDPR 6 months on – Our Director Anna Johnston chaired a panel of privacy regulators from the UK, Germany and USA at the International Privacy Forum in Wellington, New Zealand.  December 2018.
• A Roadmap to Compliance – Our Director Anna Johnston offers a 2 minute overview of the steps needed for organisations to prepare for data breach notification and GDPR compliance.  April 2018.
• Changes to Privacy Law – Our Director Anna Johnston and our Associate Steve Wilson in a long-form interview about data breach notification, GDPR, Privacy by Design, community attitudes towards privacy, PIAs and more. 90 mins for BenchTV subscribers, in two parts.  April 2018.

Podcasts

• The pro-consumer privacy lobby speaks – Our Principal Anna Johnston was a guest on the Mi3 podcast, to discuss the implications for industry of the proposed Privacy Act reforms.  June 2024.
• Privacy: Move fast and regulate it – Our Principal Anna Johnston was a guest panelist on the Tech Mirror podcast to share her thoughts on the Government’s response to the Privacy Act Review Report.  November 2023.
• Privacy Chat podcast – Our Principal Anna Johnston joined Jules Polonetsky from the Future of Privacy Forum to discuss the Australian Government’s proposed reforms to the Privacy Act.  September 2023.
• This Week – Our Principal Anna Johnston spoke with ABC News for their ‘This Week’ news wrap-up about the Federal Government’s Privacy Act Review and the Latitude Financial data breach.  March 2023.
• Privacy is Not Dead – Our Principal Anna Johnston was a guest panelist on the Tech Mirror podcast to talk about the Federal Government’s Privacy Act Review: the reforms that have been proposed, and what might happen next.  February 2023.
• De-identified data is no longer enough – Our Principal Anna Johnston was a guest on the Mi3 podcast to talk about the impact on the media, advertising and marketing industry of the proposals in the Privacy Act Discussion Paper and Online Privacy Bill.  November 2021.
• Privacy Law Reform – Our Principal Anna Johnston was the guest on the Westbright LawCAST to talk about the Privacy Act Discussion Paper and Online Privacy Bill.  October 2021.
• Blinding Big Brother: Online Privacy in Australia – Our Principal Anna Johnston was the guest on the Centre for Responsible Technology’s Burning Platforms podcast to talk about the latest revelations about Facebook, the Privacy Act review and likely direction of reforms.  October 2021.  Anna’s interview starts 28 minutes in.
• Privacy Nirvana or Privacy Hell? – Our Principal Anna Johnston joined other panelists for IAB Australia’s webinar predicting what the Privacy Act Review will bring us in 2021.  December 2020.  (Scroll down for the podcast link.)
• Smart Toys & Speakers. Privacy risk or great Christmas Gift idea? – Our Privacy & Technology Specialist Sam Floreani spoke with the ‘Cyber Safety Lady’ about whether Santa should bring IoT devices for your kids this Xmas, and whether the Privacy Act should have ‘no-go zones’ when it comes to children’s privacy.  November 2020.
• Talking HealthTech – Our Director Anna Johnston in conversation with Peter Birch about privacy challenges and solutions for those building tech for the healthcare sector.  October 2019.
• National Identity – Our Director Anna Johnston appeared on the AusTTA Government Transformation podcast, in conversation with Anne Lyons, Visiting Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, about the implications for privacy and security highlighted in her paper, Identity of a Nation.  Hosted by John Lawrance, March 2019.
• Perspectives on Privacy – Our Director Anna Johnston appeared on the ABC Radio Future Tense program, arguing that we need to re-think the scope of privacy laws to include the concept of individuation.  October 2017.

Other media

• The mindset shift on customer data preparing Big4 for Privacy Act’s ‘radical shift of risk’ – We love it when our clients become privacy champions!  This article articulates the role played by our Privacy by Design workshops for one of our clients, plus our Principal Anna Johnston’s suggested seven steps to prepare for Privacy Act reforms.
• Prevention, notification, compensation: Lessons from a government data breach – our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in the Law Society Journal about a significant data breach by a NSW government agency. October 2023
• The Privacy Act Review: Key proposals in Final Report – our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in the Law Society Journal offering an overview of the Government’s proposals to reform the Privacy Act. April 2023
• The unexpected reach of privacy law: OAIC determinations offer clarity -our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in the Law Society Journal about recent determinations by the OAIC which impact on the scope of privacy law. April 2022
• Maximising value from corporate data while protecting against privacy risks – our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in the Law Society Journal about how to conduct legal and ethical assessments of data use proposals. May 2021
• Covid complaint tests the limits of privacy law – our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in the Law Society Journal about a NSW privacy case which considered public health orders.  November 2021
• They Know Where You’ve Been: Use of Location Data – our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in Precedent, the magazine of the Australian Lawyers Alliance.  October 2021
• Terrible mistake – our Principal Anna Johnston was asked by the Australian Financial Review about the data security implications of the design of the PDF version of the vaccination certificate.  October 2021
• Staff Training is Critical to Avoid Messy Data Breaches – our Director of Learning Andrea Calleia wrote for the Australian Institute of Training and Development‘s magazine Vol 8(2).  June 2021
• Prepare for impact: Why the overhaul of the Privacy Act poses an existential threat to customer data and advertising as we know it – our Principal Anna Johnston was asked what the Privacy Act Review might look like for AdTech and other industries.  December 2020
• Five questions about the government’s new coronavirus app – our Principal Anna Johnston was interviewed by the ABC about how to design a contact tracing app for COVID-19 in a privacy-preserving way. April 2020
• Govt AI ethics ignore our laws – our Principal Anna Johnston was interviewed about the new ethical principals for artificial intelligence released this month by the Department of Industry.  November 2019
• Privacy by Design – our Privacy Learning Manager Andrea Calleia had an article published in HR Monthly, about the privacy risks and challenges facing human resources professionals.  August 2019
• Our Director Anna Johnston was interviewed for the Communications Law Bulletin, about law, tech, ethics, AI, GDPR, community expectations, data breaches and more.  (CAMLA members only for now, open access later; see edition 38(2)).  June 2019
• Political parties should be stripped of Privacy Act exemptions after hack: experts – Our Director Anna Johnston was interviewed by the SMH/The Age about the implications for democracy of the political parties’ exemption from the Privacy Act, in the wake of recent cyberattacks.  February 2019.  And more in April 2019: Democracy at stake.
• Political parties should be stripped of Privacy Act exemptions – Our Director Anna Johnston appeared on the ABC Radio National Breakfast program, discussing the implications for privacy, security and democracy of the political parties’ exemption from the Privacy Act, in the wake of the latest cyber attack.  February 2019.
• How to draft a privacy policy like the law expects – instead of like a lawyer – our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in the Law Society Journal, offering tips on what not to do when drafting a Privacy Policy. October 2018
• Data breach; privacy breach? – Our Director Anna Johnston appeared on the ABC Radio National AM program, talking about data breaches and the My Health Record system.  August 2018.
• Data sharing laws under spotlight – A submission prepared jointly with other members of the privacy profession was quoted in this review of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Issues Paper on the proposed Data Sharing & Release Bill.  August 2018.
• The GDPR: A perspective from Down Under – At the conclusion of her period as a Visiting Scholar at the School of Law Science Technology & Society, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, our Director Anna Johnston was interviewed by the Brussels Privacy Hub about the global effects of the GDPR.  June 2018.
• New GDPR privacy laws triggering data emails – An interview with ABC Online to explain the impacts of the GDPR.  May 2018.
• Preparing your clients for the GDPR privacy reforms – our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in the Law Society Journal about the steps Australian companies should take to comply with new EU data protection laws. May 2018
• Why The Facebook Scandal Impacts You More Than You Think – Our Director Anna Johnston was invited to write an op-ed for the launch of TenDaily.  May 2018.
• 2018: a year of significant changes to privacy law – our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in the Law Society Journal summarising three impending changes to privacy law and practice in Australia. February 2018
• Data, metadata & personal information: landmark Federal Court ruling – our Principal Anna Johnston had an article published in the Law Society Journal about the landmark Telstra v Grubb case, interpreting the scope of ‘personal information’. March 2017
• Census 2016: Upsetting the delicate balance – Our Director Anna Johnston appeared on the ABC Radio National Breakfast program, arguing that the plans for data from the 2016 Census have upset the delicate balance between anonymity and valuable data.  August 2016.