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Beware tech firms in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... policy needs to build on a more comprehensive approach that draws on financial regulation, competition policy and data privacy regulation." Payment systems are the most common foray into financial services big tech companies are currently making - BIS ...

Facebook dropped from ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... the social and governance issues. Steadman said: "The specific issues resulting in these scores had to do with various privacy concerns, including a lack of transparency as to why Facebook collects and shares certain user information." Research conducted ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... remains inhibited by operational constraints, legacy systems, technological readiness, compliance issues and concerns of privacy and security. While the majority of insurtechs are now working with incumbent insurers, Parton said the focus should now ...

ATO demands crypto data

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... comply with tax and superannuation obligations. The collection of data under the new program will have to comply with the Privacy Act. DigitalX chief executive Leigh Travers commented on the ATO's announcement, saying: "One of the key drivers for ...

Australian Ethical mulls Facebook divestment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... Analytica scandal in early 2018. "Cambridge Analytica brought up a broad range of issues and raised a lot of concerns about privacy, manipulative advertising, mental health and even copyright issues," he said. Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal ...

Vertical integration changes to reshape personal wealth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... intelligence Accelerating connected commerce Optimising digital-human interplay Increasing interactive dimensions Data privacy and ethics

Willis Towers Watson adds cyber specialist

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... Willis Towers Watson from law firm Clyde & Co, where he spent almost four years, eventually establishing the firm's data privacy and cyber insurance service offerings. The solicitor and noted privacy speaker will join WTW immediately, as a cyber specialist ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... any vulnerabilities. "All affected members have been contacted and the fund has reported this account activity to the Privacy Commissioner at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)." The super fund declined to further comment on ...

CBA investigates possible privacy breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
Commonwealth Bank confirmed it is undertaking an investigation into a potential privacy breach that may have seen sensitive medical information of CommInsure claimants accessed by employees in other departments of the bank. As reported by the ABC earlier ...

FASEA clarifies adviser exam rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... course. FASEA will also revise the Corporations Act unit to include other legal obligations such as Anti-Money Laundering, Privacy Act 1988 and Tax Practitioners Board requirements. CPD FASEA has reduced the number of CPD hours advisers are required ...