Dr Katharine Kemp of UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation

Hub Member Katharine Kemp on the Optus data breach and need for privacy law reform

Hub Member Dr Katharine Kemp has been busy engaging with the conversation following news the Optus data breach.

She has been bringing her valuable expertise on the subjects of consumer protection and data privacy regulation to the fore, in some of these recent interviews and commentary: 

Most recently, Australian Financial Review published an article with quotes from Dr Kemp about the need for privacy law reform following the Optus breach: How a $10m threat could stop hackers stealing your data

Dr Kemp was interviewed on a Current Affair (which aired Thursday 6 October 2022), 'A matter of urgency': Calls for privacy overhaul following Optus data breach

You can listen to her recent ABC TV interview, which you can watch here: What you should do as an Optus customer after the data breach | ABC News

Listen to this short extract from a recent ABC radio interview, here: How Europe combats cyber breaches

Australian Financial Review article with comments by Dr Kemp: Business, cyber experts call for urgent rules to keep products safe

Of course, if you haven't already, we encourage you to catch up and read Katharine's recent paper on data enrichment and privacy law, Australia’s Forgotten Privacy Principle: Why Common ‘Enrichment’ of Customer Data for Profiling and Targeting is Unlawful, published in September, which continues to make an  ongoing impact! Read the full paper here.

You can follow Dr Katharine Kemp on Twitter via @Katharine_Kemp and LinkedIn

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