Organisations should remember that their obligations around cyber security, privacy laws and Work Health and Safety (WHS) continue even if employees are working from home.
‘The workplace has simply moved to another location,’ says Alison Baker, a partner at law firm Hall & Wilcox.
‘That means you should still be complying with the federal privacy act and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), in particularly APP 11, which requires you to take all reasonable steps to ensure you protect the personal information you collect.’
A first step in doing this involves ensuring your IT security and systems re up to scratch.
