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Com­put­er secu­ri­ty and con­fi­den­tial­i­ty — pre­cau­tions to take on sep­a­ra­tion or divorce

In brief Any­one who is sep­a­rat­ing or has sep­a­rat­ed from their part­ner needs to take imme­di­ate steps to ensure the secu­ri­ty of their com­put­er and oth­er dig­i­tal devices. Increas­ing use of computers With the increas­ing use of com­put­ers in many areas of life such as finan­cial man­age­ment and social inter­ac­tion, there has been…

Cor­po­rate gov­er­nance for small-to-medi­um enter­pris­es (SMEs)

In brief – Cor­po­rate gov­er­nance for SMEs Many SMEs con­sid­er that cor­po­rate gov­er­nance is only rel­e­vant to large com­pa­nies. How­ev­er, good gov­er­nance presents major advan­tages for all com­pa­nies, espe­cial­ly when rais­ing cap­i­tal or sell­ing the business. All com­pa­nies ben­e­fit from good cor­po­rate governance The major­i­ty of com­pa­nies in Aus­tralia are small-to-medi­um enter­pris­es which…

Fam­i­ly con­sti­tu­tions — how to pre­vent prob­lems before they happen

In Brief Suc­cess­ful devel­op­ment of a fam­i­ly con­sti­tu­tion can help to ensure the pros­per­i­ty and longevi­ty of a fam­i­ly busi­ness. A fam­i­ly con­sti­tu­tion encap­su­lates the val­ues, beliefs and objec­tives of the fam­i­ly and defines the rela­tion­ship of the fam­i­ly to the business. What is a fam­i­ly constitution? Run­ning a fam­i­ly busi­ness is hard enough with­out the addi­tion­al…

ACMA agrees to reg­is­ter the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Con­sumer Pro­tec­tion Code

On 11 July 2012, the Aus­tralian Com­mu­ni­ca­tions and Media Author­i­ty (ACMA) agreed to reg­is­ter the new Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Con­sumer Pro­tec­tion Code (TCP). Reg­is­tra­tion takes effect on 1 Sep­tem­ber 2012 with phased imple­men­ta­tion over 12 months. The TCP is intend­ed to: align the oblig­a­tions of telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions providers under the Aus­tralian Con­sumer Law (ACL) and the TCP…