IIC Australia Chapter Webinar: Pandemic and privacy – the implications of contact tracing apps

Malcolm Crompton AM is Founder and Lead Privacy Advisor at Information Integrity Solutions Pty Ltd (IIS), a consultancy specialising in data protection and privacy strategies. His global reputation is built on forward thinking about the handling and governance of personal information.

As Australia’s Privacy Commissioner from 1999 to 2004, Malcolm led the implementation of the nation’s first broad based private sector privacy law.  He has been a director of Bellberry Limited since 2006.  Until recently, he was Chairman and a founding Director of Praxis Australia Limited.

Malcolm was founding President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals Australia New Zealand in 2008 and director until 2016.  He was a director of the US based IAPP until 2011.

He has been a member advisory bodies around the world, including the European Union, OECD and APEC since 2003 as well as large global companies such as Palantir, Microsoft and IBM. He is a member of the Advisory Board to the New South Wales Data Analytics Centre.

Malcolm has degrees in Chemistry and Economics, is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours for significant service to public administration, particularly to data protection, privacy, and identity management, and to the community.

As CEO and Managing Director of Research Australia for 4 years, Nadia Levin champions transformative change in health driven by health and medical research.  She is engaged with our top leaders in research, universities, research institutes, pharmaceutical companies, biotech, innovators and all levels of government.

She is at the table influencing and advocating for a strong and globally integrated health and medical research sector.  She challenges traditional thinking and constantly encourages new approaches and ways to fund our best and brightest innovations in health and medical research.

Nadia came to this role with a strong record in executive leadership at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. She positively positioned ANSTO with a wide range of stakeholders both in Australia and globally.  Successfully translating the impact of research, discovery and innovation into compelling stories and collective opportunities, she drove the development of new landmark research infrastructure.  Nadia was also a Director of the Australian Synchrotron Board.

Samantha Yorks has been appointed as a Full-time Member of Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) on 28 August 2023 for 5 years.

Ms Yorke is an accredited mediator, technology lawyer and policy advisor with over 24 years’ experience working within the digital media and technology sectors both in Europe and the Asia Pacific.

Prior to being appointed as an ACMA Authority Member, she worked in Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team leading their privacy, online safety, scam and mis/disinformation efforts in Australia.

Ms Yorke established the regulatory function at the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Australia, worked as General Counsel AUNZ and Legal Director for Yahoo! Asia Pacific and spent 10 years working for Microsoft in London where she supported the MSN business through a period of exponential growth and contributed to the launch of the Xbox gaming console across Europe.

Margie Tannock’s practice focuses on advising clients from all sectors on statutory approvals, corporate governance, compliance and public law. She works closely with clients to resolve regulatory risk across all aspects in corporate decision making, especially relating to major projects, environmental, planning and land access authorisations.