Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Navigating the Consumer Data Right: A Business Perspective

Online event

The introduction of the Consumer Data Right (‘CDR’) in Australia in 2019 heralds a new era in data governance, with profound implications for businesses across various sectors. This world-leading initiative holds the potential to inject much-needed competition into key sectors of the economy and reinvigorate a waning commercial morality. However, like most transformative innovations, it is not without its challenges. One pressing concern is the need to safeguard consumer data rigorously, without imposing regulatory burdens that might discourage new market entrants. The impact of CDR on businesses is multi-faceted, depending on whether a business assumes the role of ‘a consumer’, ‘a data holder’, or ‘a data recipient’ (accredited or not). This webinar explores the complex landscape of the CDR from a business perspective, shedding light on the challenges and opportunities that arise for entities engaged in this transformative journey.

Speakers

• Presenter: Dr Natalia Jevglevskaja, Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
• Commentator: Alysia Abeyratne, Senior Manager, Digital Policy, DD&A | National Australia Bank Limited
• Chair: Dr Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

About the presenter

Natalia is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law and Justice of the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney, Australia) and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. As a member of the Australian Research Council Laureate Project ‘The Financial Data Revolution: Seizing the Benefits, Controlling the Risks’, she looks at how data and technology are transforming financial services in Australia and abroad and what measures may be required in the area of data and technology governance to facilitate innovation in finance. Natalia’s research on the Consumer Data Right (‘CDR’) can be accessed here. The most recent analysis of the CDR and its potential impact on similar regimes evolving worldwide may soon be found in a monograph with Routledge (Anton Didenko, Natalia Jevglevskaja and Ross Buckley, Customer Data Sharing Frameworks: Twelve Lessons for the World (2024, forthcoming)).

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Tuesday 28 November

Time: 6-7pm

Venue: Online webinar

CPD Points: 1

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This event is proudly presented by the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School.