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Mon, 10.12.2007 - - Malcolm Crompton will be workshopping the paper that IIS has written with Cisco at the
Nobel Public Services Summit 2007
in Stockholm on 10 December 2007. (For more information about the Specialist Session 2 "Building Trust in a Digital World", visit Cisco's website. For a copy of the paper "Safe to Play", visit www.TheConnectedRepublic.org). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mon, 09.10.2006 - - The IAPP, the world's largest association of privacy professionals with more than 3,000 members globally, today announced the appointment of four new directors to its Board as well as the promotion of directors to serve new leadership roles. The IAPP Board of Directors now includes privacy leaders from Google Inc., Information Integrity Solutions Pty. Ltd., Kelley Drye & Warren and the U.S. Department of Justice. [...] IAPP Board President Kirk M. Herath [...] said the new Board members deepen the IAPP's focus on international and government privacy issues. The IAPP announced the appointment of these four new members to the Board of Directors: Malcolm Crompton, Managing Director, Information Integrity Solutions P/L; Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel, Google; D. Reed Freeman. Jr., CIPP, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren; and Jane Horvath, Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, U.S. Department of Justice. Crompton, Australia's former Privacy Commissioner, currently advises private and public sector organizations on strategies to build trust through their collection and use of personal information. During his 5-year tenure as Australia's Privacy Commissioner, Crompton implemented the country's private sector privacy law. "I am looking forward to working with the Board to introduce the benefits of the IAPP to a wider range of privacy professionals around the Asia Pacific region, where so much change is happening and the movement of personal information is expanding rapidly," Crompton said. (For more information see the IAPP media release "IAPP announces new appointments to 2007 Board of Directors") - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wed, 02.08.2006 - - Malcolm Crompton will be the Australian keynote speaker at the Australian Information Security Summit, to be held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre on 2-4 August. (More information about the Australian Information Security Summit and Wireless Security Workshop is available here) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thu, 9.03.2006 -- Malcolm Crompton, the Managing Director of Information Integrity Solutions, was a member of a panel of high-level speakers at CeBIT 2006, that launched 'Europe's RFID debate'. The aim of the panel discussion was 'to take a visionary approach, sketching out possible future scenarios from the perspective of the industry, the provider, the end-user and the consumer'. The debate was opened by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society & Media. Other speakers included Vint Cerf, Google Chief Evangelist & Chairman of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN); Claus Heinrich, Member of the Executive Board of SAP AG; and Sigmunt Mierdorf, Member of the Executive Board of the large European retail chain Metro. Malcolm Crompton based his contribution on an IIS paper titled "The Revolution of RFID - Challenges and Options for Action: a consumer perspective". (More detail about the panel and Europe's RFID debate is contained in the EC announcement "Launching the Debate at CeBIT 2006". The panel discussion was also covered by the BBC on 10 March in "Radio tag study revealed at Cebit ", "Alarm over shopping radio tags" on the BBC NEWS Click program, 8 April 2006, and The Australian Financial Review on 16 March in "Call to get on right frequency in radio tag debate") - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wed, 20.02.2006 -- Malcolm Crompton, the Managing Director of Information Integrity Solutions, was the Keynote Speaker at an APEC Symposium on Information Privacy Protection in E-Government and E-Commerce convened in Hanoi, Vietnam. His speech addressed the topic "APEC Information Privacy Framework (review, impact, and progress)" and outlines the history of the development of the Framework, how the Privacy Principles in the Framework form an integrated whole and explores the 'APEC Insight' that makes it one of the more forward looking international privacy frameworks in the world. The paper concludes by calling for more action to give life to ensuring that accountability truly does follow the data, whether it is moved between companies or between jurisdictions and reviewing options to achieve such a goal. (For more detail about the seminar, a copy of the paper and PowerPoint presentation used by Malcolm Crompton and an audio recording of his speech, see "APEC 2006 Viet Nam Underway Importance of Privacy Protection in E-Commerce Highlighted", a News Release issued by APEC on 20 February 2006) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wed, 15.02.2006 -- Information Integrity Solutions has successfully won a tender to carry out a Privacy Impact Assessment for the National e-Health Transition Authority (NeHTA) on its Shared Electronic Health Records (Shared EHR) concept of operations. The Shared EHR is a crucial component of an e-health system for Australia. The system received strong support from State, Territory and Federal Governments at the recent Council of Australian Governments Meeting where the Prime Minister and Premiers approved $130 million in joint funding for development of the e-health system. The concept of operations provides for a national approach to Shared EHRs. It includes the vision, objectives and principles for the national approach, the types of health care to be covered and the operational aspects of the Shared EHR. (For more detail about the new e-health system, see the NeHTA media release "Cornerstones of e-health given green light") - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wed, 25.01.2006 - - The new Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing legislation has significant privacy implications. Deloitte has engaged Information Integrity Solutions (IIS) to provide expert advice on these issues and works closely with them on strategic AML solutions for mutual clients. The collection of increasing amounts of client information, particularly financial information, brings with it a responsibility with regard to how this information is stored and used. (To view the briefing prepared for Deloitte and its clients, visit the Deloitte AML website, or download a copy of the briefing by clicking here). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wed, 21.12.2005 - - The Credit Union Industry Association (now part of Abacus) released a report titled "Customer Lists" that it commissioned from Information Integrity Solutions Pty Ltd. The paper discusses why customer lists are valuable, how they are protected, and risks posed to a business that loses control of its customer list. The paper also covers the privacy, fraud and identity theft risks to customers that arise if customer lists are not adequately protected. The report was written by Robin McKenzie, Principal Consultant at IIS, and Malcolm Crompton, Managing Director of IIS. (to review this media release and the Report, click here) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sat, 22.10.2005 - - Malcolm Crompton is the guest of Geraldine Doogue on Radio National's Saturday Breakfast programme: • "Privacy" - ABC Radio National, 22 October 2005 [...] What are the implications of this information overload for the individual? Are we heading into an era where we no longer have control over our personal information? Malcolm Crompton says that we need to become more cautious about handing over personal information - we are usually asked for much more information than is actually necessary for the transaction. [...] << |
To access Malcolm Crompton's most recent presentation papers please click here Malcolm blogs and comments on OpenForum.com.au |
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thu, 15.09.2005 - - An IIS paper on measuring the performance of regulators was presented at the 27th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Switzerland: • "Regulators need performance measures" Privacy Alert, Issue 103, 5 October 2005 "A framework is needed to measure the performance of privacy cmrs and other regulators, says Malcolm Crompton, Information Integrity Solutions MD and former privacy cmr.(to review this newsletter, click here) |
"Are comparisons possible? A Framework for assessing the performance of data protection supervisors" - to review the paper, please click here (PDF 180KB)  |
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wed, 24.08.2005 - - Malcolm Crompton spoke at the Baycorp seminar for senior business, regulator, government and consumer thinkers: • "Poor privacy aids thieves" - By Karen Dearne AustralianIT, 30 August 2005 "PRIVACY laws should be reviewed in the light of growing identity theft and the "appallingly bad records" of some data aggregators, according to former federal privacy commissioner Malcolm Crompton. "Misuse of personal information is no longer just a matter of unwanted marketing or delayed credit," Mr Crompton told senior business, regulator and consumer representatives at a seminar in Sydney last week. "Sloppy security has costs for the individual all the way up to society as a whole. [...] There is a professional black market in personal data."(to review this article, click here) |
To review Malcolm's background paper for the Baycorp seminar - 'The Networked Society: Identity, Surveillance & Privacy' - click here (PDF 529KB) |
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