VSCL: Webinar Invitation | Information Rights in Victoria - What you and your clients need to know

The Victorian Society for Computers and the Law (VSCL) invites you to a webinar presented by Sven Bluemmel - Information Commissioner at Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner.

Please join us for a webinar on:

• a brief overview of freedom of information, privacy and information security law in Victoria;
• how COVID-19 has impacted organisations’ obligations regarding the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) and the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic), including through COVID omnibus legislation;
• the privacy impacts of working remotely;
• the importance of government earning our trust in how it handles our information and why this trust was so important in the State’s pandemic response; and
• views on the Privacy Act review.

Sven Bluemmel

Mr Sven Bluemmel was appointed as the inaugural Victorian Information Commissioner in September 2017.

Prior to his current role, Mr Bluemmel served as Western Australian Information Commissioner for eight years. Before 2009, Mr Bluemmel held senior positions in the Western Australian Public Sector Commission, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (WA) and the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department in Canberra. Mr Bluemmel previously practised law in the private sector in Melbourne and Perth in the areas of information and privacy law.

Mr Bluemmel is a regular contributor to Australian and international publications, particularly in the areas of information law, technology law and administrative law. He has also delivered guest lectures at various institutions including Monash University, the Australian National University, the University of Western Australia, Murdoch University, Edith Cowan University and the University of Canberra. Mr Bluemmel is a fellow of Leadership Western Australia and served as President of the Institute of Public Administration in Western Australia for three years from November 2014 until October 2017.

Mr Bluemmel holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Science, both from the Australian National University.

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