Lyn Nicholson is a General Counsel in the Corporate & Commercial group of Holding Redlich with a broad wealth of corporate and commercial experience. Lyn has significant expertise advising on complex corporate transactions.
Experience
Lyn’s commercial experience has focused on intellectual property and information assets which have involved various technologies and regulatory regimes. Lyn’s experience includes developing and implementing privacy and information security policies and negotiating contracts for the exploitation of information assets. Lyn has significant experience in privacy and spam regulation.
Lyn advises on directors’ duties and a range of practical governance issues for both listed and unlisted companies.
Lyn advises clients on a range of corporate issues including:
Data protection and privacy
data breach planning, investigation and response
responding to regulator investigations and enquiries
policies, procedures and playbooks for common issues
data security advice
GDPR documentation and advice
information governance frameworks.
Mergers and acquisitions
sale of business
restructuring, demergers and spin-offs
documentation for shareholder meetings to obtain approvals for significant transactions
joint ventures.
Corporate governance
advising boards on corporate governance principles and ASX Corporate Governance Council's recommendations
developing corporate governance policies, charters and procedures, and assisting management in practical implementation
auditing existing corporate governance practices and procedures and providing recommendations for improvement
acting as independent expert to assess regulator enforceable undertakings for ASIC and ACCC.
Regulatory compliance
advising and acting in regulatory investigations and complaints by the OAIC, ASIC and ACCC
advising on responses (written and verbal, including appearances before) government enquiries
Privacy Act, Spam Act and GDPR
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and ASIC regulatory requirements
ASX Listing Rules
constituent documents.
Company secretarial
acting as secretary and registered office for foreign corporations
preparing board and committee meeting papers, notices and agendas and minutes
drafting notices and explanatory memorandums for shareholder meetings
management of shareholder meetings
preparing ASX announcements and ASIC notifications
liaising with ASIC, ASX and other regulatory bodies.
The old saying “never waste a good crisis” has never been as relevant as it is now. Many organisations are facing business issues in circumstances they never expected and are needing to respond in agile ways.
When there aren’t clear rules around what people are empowered to do or not to do when working outside the office, there can be adverse consequences. What can businesses do?
#Data & Privacy, #Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Our data & privacy team set out a comprehensive Q&A that answers common questions relating to Australia’s national privacy regulatory framework and data-related issues.
We highlight key insights from the forum, including how regulatory bodies like the ASX can ensure flexibility in regulatory obligations while maintaining the integrity of the system during the pandemic.
The Privacy Act requires that organisations take all reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify personal information when it is no longer necessary – does your organisation?
On 27 March 2020, State and Commonwealth privacy regulators convened a National COVID-19 Privacy Team to ensure a coordinated response to deal with the impact of COVID-19.
The Australian Information Commissioner has taken Facebook to court for difficult to use settings that consumers could not easily use that enabled a third party app to harvest personal information of both the users of the app and their Facebook friends.
Employers collecting employee data to manage risk and business activities will need to exercise caution, a recent media report suggests. We outline the complex legal issues.
The NSW Government has invested $88 million on fixed and portable cameras that detect motorists using mobile phones, to be placed at approximately 45 locations across the state by this December. Unlike speed cameras, there will be no warning signs to alert motorists of their locations as they move around the state.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released guidance for upcoming changes to the Corporations Act that will require large proprietary and public companies to have whistleblower policies in place by 1 January 2020.
In our last instalment on the IAPP EY 2019 Privacy Governance Report, we look at why enforcement actions don’t catch up with the high number of data breaches.
Results from the 2019 Privacy Governance Report released by EY and the International Association of Privacy Professionals are telling. We deep dive into the chapter devoted to data subject requests, also known as data subject access requests, and consider what is happening in the US and the EU with individuals seeking access to their data and how it is impacting businesses.
In the second of our series on the IAPP EY Privacy Report, we look at the global trends and changing face of privacy management within organisations, and the long-running question of where privacy should, and does, fit within the executive management team.
#Data & Privacy, #Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Over the next five weeks, we take a look at key takeaways from the recently released Privacy Governance Report. This week: Why privacy budgets need to increase to respond to the upsurge in regulation.
Showing we have a strong and engaged privacy community in Sydney, we had an excellent discussion at a well-attended event hosted by Holding Redlich yesterday evening. We wrap up the key issues.
This is a new fine and it is not old news and in fact, this article is the sixth article we have written on various implications of the original September 2017 Equifax data breach.
