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Privacy alert

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • June 5 2013

Five years after the ALRC recommended that mandatory data breach notification obligations be included in Australian privacy laws, the Privacy

Privacy Act Amendment Bill

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • November 30 2012

The long awaited privacy enhancing protection bill, the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012 (the Bill), was passed by Federal Parliament on 29 November 2012

Australian privacy breach notification

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
  • -
  • October 19 2012

On 17 October 2012, the Attorney-General's Department launched a discussion paper entitled, "Australian Privacy Breach Notification"

ACTA for the axe?

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union, Global
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  • July 27 2012

In our last edition of our Digital Media Update we reported that the EU Parliament was due to make its decision on the ratification of this multi-national treaty which is aimed at standardising IP infringement protection measures ("ACTA"

EU Commission's proposal for a directive on collective rights management

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union
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  • July 27 2012

The Commission's proposal aims to establish a legal framework for the collective management of rights that are administered by collecting societies on behalf of rights holders

Australia's IP regime set for significant reforms

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
  • -
  • June 14 2012

On 20 March 2012, the Australian Parliament passed The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2012

Copyright infringement of database coding and macros

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
  • -
  • June 14 2012

CA Inc (CA) is an international IT software management company that produces large scale database systems

Report of the independent media inquiry released

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • June 14 2012

Stephen Conroy, the Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has released the Report of the Independent Media Inquiry

Satellites to deliver high-speed broadband to the regions

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • May 17 2012

The Australian government recently announced that NBN Co, the Australian government-owned corporation tasked with designing, building and implementing the National Broadband Network (NBN), has signed a contract worth approximately AUS$620 million with US company Space SystemsLoral

New penalties reinforce key consumer protection safeguards

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 11 2012

Senator Stephen Conroy (the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) has set harsh new penalties for breaches of some of the key telecommunications consumer safeguards