Events

Here you'll find events supporting collaborative research activities in the 'Interpreting Privacy Principles' research project, including forthcoming and past related events. Events during the life of the IPP project will include symposia, fora, seminars, and continuing legal education and postgraduate courses and workshops.

2010

• Symposium: International perspectives on privacy regulation: Privacy Principles in Asia Pacific economies compared, UNSW Law moot court, March 3-4 2010. NEW
• CLE seminar: Privacy in the Asia-Pacific: 2010 Update: A comprehensive survey of privacy and data protection in the region, Grace Hotel Sydney, March 2 2010 NEW

2009

• Presentation: 'Challenges to Personal Information Security and Net Neutrality from e-Security on Steroids,' D. Vaile at the e-Security for Government conference, Melbourne - 23 September
• LawTechTalk: 'Viral advertising', Facebook groups and regulation of social advertising in electronic media, visitor Dr Jan Trzaskowski, Law Department of Copenhagen Business School, conducting research on 'Neuroeconomics and Advertising Law: Viral Advertising' at UNSW Law Faculty - 30 April

2008

• Symposium: Meeting privacy challenges: ALRC and NSWLRC Privacy Reviews. See materials; see also Publications for our 6 ALRC submissions. UNSW - 2 October 2008
• Seminar: "You are where you’ve been: Technological threats to your location privacy"', investigation of legal, policy, technology and social issues, co-hosted by School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems and Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre. Materials, Brochure - 23 July, UNSW Law Theatre
• Seminar: Prof Jane Winn, US online contracts and consumer regulation expert, Consumer Protection in the 'Information Economy' lecture co-hosted with CHOICE, and a workshop, intro by Chris Connolly, on proposed Consumer Digital Rights Charter, UNSW - 7 March 2008
• Research Associate Nigel Waters participates in APEC privacy meeting in Peru for NGOs. See his report and notes - February 2008
• Centre directors Greenleaf and Vaile present to Japanese delegation on regulation of online privacy in e-commerce, Sydney - February 2008

2007

• Symposium: 'Enforcing Information Privacy Laws', 3 July 2007, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney.
• LawTechTalk: 'Can the US Meet International Privacy Standards
  in an era of Personal Health Records, Consumer Scores, and Watch Lists?' Robert Gellman, privacy and information policy consultant, Washington DC, at UNSW 7 June 2007

2006

• Symposium: Interpreting Privacy Principles: Chaos or Consistency? UNSW AGSM, with international and local privacy commissioners, May 2006.

Earlier related events (see CLPC Events pages) included:

2005

• Making a Big Brother? eGovernment in Hong Kong, seminar, Joeson Wong, 2005
• NSW and Private sector privacy law
  Refresher and Advanced Practical workshop for privacy officers and advisers, Waters and Johnston, 2005

2004 and before

• Privacy Complaints - How to get a win for your client (Making of Privacy Laws Work), CLE seminar 2004
• 'Terrorists and Watchdogs' international conference, 2003
• The New Australian Privacy Landscape CLE seminar, 2001

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The "Interpreting Privacy Principles" research project is supported by an ARC Discovery grant 2006-2009 to a research team based at the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, UNSW Faculty of Law.