Session 1
Data Storage and Retention: Understanding a School’s Current Rights and Obligations
- Outlining the legal framework applying to data storage and retention in schools
- Examining changes in record retention obligations following recent child protection law reform
- Storing data in offshore servers:
- meeting your privacy obligations and managing legal risks
- understanding your options with contract breaches by the offshore provider
- Responding to data loss to minimise legal exposure
Leah Mooney, Special Counsel, MinterEllison
Session 2
Photos, Surveillance Devices, Facial Recognition and Biometric Data: Navigating Rights, Obligations and Grey Areas
- Identifying the laws affecting schools dealing with photos, surveillance devices and facial recognition
- Photos and images:
- understanding when you need consent to collect and store images
- managing images where a student specifically opts out
- Facial recognition and biometric data:
- reviewing current and emerging technologies with application in schools
- examining potential legal risks, including providing adequate information for consent and storage of biometric data
Veronica Scott, Director, KPMG Law
