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Privacy and Protection of Personal Information law seminar
16/11/2009 – 2:33 pm by John GilesWe offer a seminar called Be aware of the privacy and protection of personal information laws that apply to your organisation
What do we cover?
- Exploring the link between the governance principles in King III and privacy and protection of personal information (PPI) law
- Compliance with PPI laws
- Consideration of PPI rules, codes and standards
- What must your organisation comply with?
- Who needs to be aware?
- The board
- The role of CROs and Risk Managers
- The role of the CIO and IT manager
- The role of IT Governance officers
- The role of the Compliance officer
- The role of Legal Advisors
- Parliament has gone mad
- The types of information. What is “personal information”?
- Get a working understanding of the effect of PPI laws on your organisation and its business
- Get an overview of PPI laws, including the Protection of Personal Information Bill
- Become sufficiently familiar with the general content of PPI laws to discharge your duties
- Understand the context of PPI laws and how they interact
Who should attend? Why should they be aware of PPI laws?
- Directors (executive and non-executive, CEOs and FDs) - to discharge their legal duties and direct the course of the organisation
- CAEs, auditors and assurance providers (internal and external) - to audit and provide assurance regards PPI
- CROs and Risk Managers - to manage PPI risks
- CIOs and IT Managers - to manage ICT
- IT Operators - to ensure that ICT operates
- IT Security officers - to secure ICT
- Information (protection) officers - to balance access to information and protection of information
- IT Governance officers and specialists - to govern ICT
- Compliance officers - to effectively comply with PPI laws
- Consultants - to advise and provide solutions on PPI related issues
- Legal advisors (corporate lawyers or in-house lawyers) - to provide good legal advice on PPI issues
- Attorneys and advocates - to provide good legal advice on PPI issues
Who is the presenter?
John Giles, Partner, Michalsons Attorneys
John is an information, communications and technology (ICT) lawyer. He has 10 years of experience applying his knowledge to organisations to help them grow and avoid legal problems, difficulties, and disputes. He is a member of the King III IT Governance Sub-Committee. John finds the best board meetings to be in a suit in the surf.
How long is it?
The seminar can be between 40 minutes and 4 hours depending on the depth of understanding you would like to achieve.
What does it cost?
Please let us know that you are interested and we will provide you with a quote.
Where is it?
We are happy to run the seminar at your office or as a webinar.

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