Melbourne Conference: "Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Australasian and EU Perspectives"

Melbourne Conference: "Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Australasian and EU Perspectives"
Tuesday 16 June 2015

The Monash University Law Faculty and the Monash University European and EU Centre are hosting an international conference, Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Australasian and EU Perspectives, to be held at Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 February 2012.

 

The conference is directed at legal professionals working in the field of privacy; privacy officers in government and private enterprise; policy makers; academics; and others with an interest in new developments in privacy protection in Australia and overseas. Where applicable, attendance may count for Victorian CPD points.

Keynote speakers, Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim and Ian Brown from the Oxford Internet Institute, and other Australian and international privacy experts will address the following themes:

  • Should Australia introduce a statutory privacy tor
  • Australian privacy law reform
  • Privacy and data protection in Europe
  • Common law protection of privacy
  • Privacy and criminal justice
  • Privacy and the Internet
  • Theoretical and rights-based approaches to privacy
  • Privacy and media freedom

The contributions of the overseas researchers will present an important opportunity for Australian practitioners and policy-makers to be exposed to international developments and perspectives, especially legal and policy developments in Germany, the UK, Europe and Asia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION go to http://www.law.monash.edu.au/about-us/events/privacylaw/

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: Now Open at https://www.secureregistrations.com/Privacylaw/

 

 

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