Malcolm Crompton, CIPP/US

IIS Partners

Founder and Partner

Malcolm Crompton AM is Founder and Partner at IIS Partners, a consultancy specialising in data protection and privacy strategies. Malcolm was Australia’s Privacy Commissioner from 1999 to 2004. He led the implementation of the nation’s first broad based private sector privacy law. Malcolm is a member of the Independent Advisory Board to the Minister for Government Services. He is a member of the Palantir Council of Advisors on Privacy and Civil Liberties (PCAP). In 2023-24, he was a member of a small Expert Panel appointed by the Minister for Finance to advise her on the Digital ID Bill. He has been a member of advisory bodies around the world, including the EU, OECD, APEC and large global companies. Malcolm was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to public administration, particularly to data protection, privacy, and identity management, and to the community. Malcolm has degrees in Chemistry and Economics. Malcolm was founding President of IAPP Australia New Zealand in 2008 and director until 2016. He was a director of the US headquartered IAPP until 2011. He is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Malcolm is a co-author of The New Governance of Data and Privacy: Moving from compliance to performance, AICD, November 2018. He has also published papers on accounting research on valuing data, public management reform and peptide sequencing using NMR spectroscopy.

 

Contributions by Malcolm Crompton

  • AI Zombies Eat Privacy in the Name of Productivity: Neither by Design or Default
    Speaker at In-Person Canberra KnowledgeNet: 30 Oct. 2025
  • Administrative Fines Under the Reformed Privacy Act 1988: Mechanics, What They Mean and How They Will Change the World
    Speaker at In-Person Canberra KnowledgeNet: 20 March 2025
  • Australian Privacy Updates
    Speaker at IAPP ANZ Summit 2024
  • The Digital ID Act Has Passed Parliament: Insights into Australia's developing Digital ID System and what it means for agencies and organizations alike
    Speaker at In-Person Adelaide KnowledgeNet: 11 Sept. 2024
  • The Intersection of Privacy and Security When Supporting Community Outcomes
    Speaker at IAPP ANZ Summit 2023
  • Carrot or the Stick: Privacy enforcement in Australia
    Speaker at Virtual Perth KnowledgeNet: 26 July 2023
  • ANZ Delegate Tour: Privacy developments in Australia and global trends for 2023
    Speaker at In-Person Sydney KnowledgeNet: 1 May 2023
  • ANZ Delegate Tour: Privacy developments in Australia and global trends for 2023
    Speaker at In-Person Sydney KnowledgeNet: 1 May 2023
  • A Proposal for a New Global Framework for Trusted Data Sharing
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • Heading East: A Global Privacy Leader’s Guide to Success in Asia
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • The New Governance of Data and Privacy: Moving beyond compliance to performance
    Speaker at Virtual Sydney KnowledgeNet: 25 November 2021