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Cbus defends member contact sharing policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). In a statement, Cbus chief executive David Atkin said that Cbus' privacy policy "clearly identifies to fund members and employers that members' personal information may be released to sponsoring ...

Future Fund staff bonuses stun public sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... was paid to one senior executive employee albeit who that was has not been disclosed due to Public Service Commission privacy provisions. Former department head and chief of staff to former Prime Minister Paul Keating, long-time critic of public sector ...

Cbus answers CFMEU leak allegations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... campaign to "squash" the company. The employees in question were members of Cbus but not of the CFMEU. Referring to its Privacy Policy and Personal Information Collection Statement, Cbus stated: "The policy does provide for disclosure of some personal ...

Family office model attractive to feuding families

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... option for wealthy families. "The advantages of the structure, including direct oversight, customisation of services and privacy, cannot be matched by any other entity," she said. "However, many large financial service institutions are devoting significant ...

Technology now about connectivity not just firepower

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... transactions. "As a global technology player we deal with every flavour of regulator and interact with wide varieties of privacy laws," he said. Technology providers need to accept that the technology itself isn't the point but how effectively it can ...

OneVentures launches second fund for HNWs and instos

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... Australian companies with global ambitions across healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, security and privacy, machine learning, sensors and robotics, and food security. The first OneVentures Innovation Fund, formed as an early ...

Advisers to review privacy compliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Advisers have until March 12, 2014, to ensure their privacy compliance measures meet new privacy principles. The new Australian Privacy Principles require personal information to be handled in an open and transparent way, which means that financial ...

CBA follows ASIC's lead in Senate submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... CBA also suggested that ASIC should be the sole custodian and administrator of such a passport scheme "to protect the privacy of financial planners." The submission acknowledged that "there is a risk that financial planners who do not adhere to appropriate ...

CBA could face legal action over Operation Lantern

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... Levitt claimed that photographic surveillance without a warrant is a legal offence and he also referred to the National Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act, 1988, which restricts the collection and treatment of personal information. "Given ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... Security. The attack scenario was modeled as a system wide attack to steal money through fraudulent trades rather than a privacy breach or an attack to crash the financial system. Its parameters (referred to in the report as 'attack vectors') were creation ...