Breaking silos: Building a cross-team privacy culture

In today's inter-connected workplace, personal information flows through almost every part of an organisation. Whether it's HR managing employee related data, marketing teams handling customer data, or finance processing payment details, privacy risks exist far beyond the IT department.

With further privacy law reforms on the way and regulators increasingly joining forces to target data breaches and poor security practices, organisations need to move beyond siloed thinking and adopt a coordinated, whole-of-business approach.

How each team plays a role in privacy protection

Good privacy practice relies on teamwork across the whole organisation, from the boardroom to the frontline. Each department needs to understand how their role interacts with the information that they handle and what they can do to protect the business and the personal information they hold: