An Information and Privacy Advisory Committee has been appointed to provide ongoing strategic advice to Government, and to share knowledge and collaboration across Government, industry, and academia.
Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello said the Committee is to be chaired by NSW Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd (pictured) and would advise the Information and Privacy Commission, the Minister for Customer Service and the Attorney-General.
“This new Committee will bring together specialists from a range of sectors – including data science, technology, business and law – to ensure we remain at the forefront of these issues,” Mr Dominello said.
“It will provide the Government with information, advice, assistance and training to deliver world-leading information and privacy management practices,” he said.
“The digital age presents many opportunities but it is important that our policies and laws reflect its challenges.”
Mr Dominello said that in addition to the Committee’s core membership, experts with knowledge in a relevant area may be invited to contribute as required by the Committee.
Ms Tydd said the Committee could draw together expertise to address the unique challenges faced by Government and the community in the digital age where technology, service delivery and consumer expectations were changing rapidly.
“The Committee has the expertise to provide assistance to public sector Agencies in adopting and complying with information governance in a contemporary public sector context,” Ms Tydd said.
“Including access to information rights, with information protection principles and implementing privacy management plans in ways that account for these challenges,” she said.
The Committee consists of Privacy Commissioner, Samantha Gavel; NSW Government Chief Data Scientist, Ian Oppermann; Chief Executive Officer of Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Barry Sandison; Deputy Secretary at the Department of Communities and Justice, Paul McKnight; Director of the Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, Lyria-Bennett Moses; Lead Privacy Advisor and founder of Information Integrity Solutions, Malcolm Crompton; and Principal of Data Synergies, Peter Leonard.
