Hello, privacy pros.
My fellow Asia-Pacific IAPP country leaders rotate authoring this weekly digest. Generally, we look for items to highlight across the region and add our particular local perspective. I’m going to take a bit of a departure in this edition and focus on developments within Australia.
If you haven’t kept up with all of the changes coming to the Australian privacy landscape this year, read "
With so many changes on the horizon, it’s even more important for us to continue to raise privacy awareness. Privacy Awareness Week will be held in Australia from 4 to 10 May and across the Asia-Pacific region throughout the month of May. PAW is sponsored by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, and the event aims to raise awareness of privacy issues and grow confidence in the handling of personal information by government and industry. Australian organizations can show their support for good privacy practice by becoming a PAW Supporter with the OAIC. Visit the OAIC to sign up and be among the first to receive supporting materials to help you promote privacy in your organization and your stakeholders.
We are still accepting NAB’s Global Privacy Office and our recruiting efforts. Organizations across Australia are staffing up on privacy, which is making it difficult to recruit experienced privacy professionals. To those of you looking for privacy roles, Australia is hiring!