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Data Governance and Privacy Compliance (LAWS90192)

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Overview

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Organisations are increasingly turning to data to be able to better understand and serve consumers, improve operational performance as well as realise new insights and commercialisation opportunities. Legal and compliance teams are in turn being called upon to deliver practical advice on data governance and privacy compliance which will support the organisation-wide data strategy and push towards better leveraging data assets.

The subject will be taught using case studies to show how legal advice on privacy compliance, data governance and legal risk management can be embedded into project delivery pipelines so that projects are designed for compliance.

This subject will include:

  • an examination of the key Australian privacy compliance requirements to be addressed in providing legal advice on technology and data projects;
  • an explanation of common concepts in data governance including data stewardship, data classification, systems and information flow mapping as well as ethical data principles;
  • critical analysis of how well existing privacy and data governance regulatory frameworks provide clear guidance to organisations seeking to establish a commercial data analytics practice;
  • practical guidance on implementing the legal components to organisational data governance policies, procedures and training; and
  • strategies for effectively delivering legal advice which ensures that regulatory compliance requirements are addressed as part of technology and data project pipelines.

Intended learning outcomes

Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • demonstrate a basic understanding of the challenges to be managed in implementing effective people, process and technology strategies to support the regulatory compliance pillar in an organisation's data governance framework;
  • assess and document key privacy compliance and data governance legal risks, and provide advice on managing risk, privacy compliance and data governance with the rollout of new technology and data initiatives;
  • understand the key regulatory compliance requirements to be addressed as part of an organisation's data governance policies, procedures and training on compliance with Australian privacy and spam laws; and
  • have a sophisticated appreciation of, and ability to engage in meaningful debate on, how to effectively balance meeting commercial objectives in an organisation's data strategy whilst striving towards best practice in privacy compliance and data governance.

Generic skills

A student who has successfully completed this subject will demonstrate:

  • well-developed competencies in legal analysis with respect to data governance and privacy compliance frameworks;
  • problem solving abilities, including through the identification and documentation of privacy and data compliance risks and evaluation of risk management strategies to address such risks;
  • capacity to communicate, orally and in writing, legal advice on privacy compliance and regulatory compliance components to effective data governance;
  • ability to evaluate and synthesise existing knowledge of privacy compliance and effective data governance frameworks;
  • capacity for critical and independent thought and reflection on whether existing privacy laws provide adequate guidance to businesses on effective data governance;
  • capacity for self-directed learning, organisation and time management.

Last updated: 30 January 2024