Lawsense School ICT Law

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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