News
The following news feed provides an overview of the current activities and news from APPA members.
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- The Global Privacy Assembly is extending invitations to applicants for the GPA Reference Panel.
Established in 1979, the GPA is an international forum of data protection and privacy authorities, which seeks to provide leadership at the international level by connecting the efforts of more than 130 data protection and privacy authorities from across the globe. If you wish to know more about the GPA’s current priorities, please visit the GPA website.
The GPA Reference Panel is a contact group of external stakeholders, comprising representatives of relevant civil society organizations; academic institutions; think tanks; non-privacy supervisory authorities; representatives of public authorities, such as law enforcement authorities; representatives of public authorities, such as law enforcement authorities; and representatives of the private sector.
The application window will commence from 22 January 2021 until 12:00 noon GMT, 19 February 2021. The call will run for four weeks. All relevant information can be found on the GPA website from 22 January 2021.
- OAIC welcomes additional funding for data protection and FOI
- Appearance before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) on the 2021-22 Main Estimates
- Appearance before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) on Facial Recognition Technology
- Michael McEvoy: Data Governance in the Age of AI & Machine Learning - Speech to the Public Service Network Conference
- Information and Privacy Commissioner McEvoy says now is the time to ‘Make privacy a priority’
- Make privacy a priority this Privacy Awareness Week
- Make privacy a priority in 2021: Joint statement by Privacy Authorities Australia
- BC Information and Privacy Commissioner announces Commissioner Speaker Series
- The importance of privacy by design in the sharing of health data for domestic or international travel requirements
- Independent review of the Credit Reporting Code
- Speech to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act
- Privacy, profit and the pandemic: Where we go from here
- Appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) on contact tracing applications