What you need to know about the Privacy Reform with Curium and Gilchrist Connell
Learn about the Privacy Act changes, major Cyber & Privacy reforms, regulator trends, and implications for 2026. Includes 1 CIP point.
What’s on
Welcome back to Curium webinar series! This time together with Gilchrist Connell we will be discussing the changes to the Privacy Act and what you need to know about Cyber and Privacy regulation.
The agenda
- Recap of major Cyber & Privacy reforms in 2025
- Lessons from significant determinations and court decisions
- Regulator trends and activity
- Implications for and changes in 2026
As always, we speak plain English and there is 1 CIP point.
Tetiana George, and Nitesh Patel.
Tetiana George
CEO, Curium
Tetiana is the CEO and Co-Founder of Curium, a no-code tech platform that runs end-ton-end claims and compliance. During the past 17 years Tetiana has worked for most of the large global insurers as consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and Oliver Wyman (part of Marsh McLennan Group). She advised firms in more than 20 countries across variety of areas from strategy to operations and product design. Tetiana came to Australia in 2017 and joined Blue Zebra Insurance as Head of Claims & Operations. Having experienced the power of technology firsthand, she started Curium to enable insurers, underwriting agencies, and brokers to enter the market and scale in record time.
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Nitesh Patel
Cyber and Technology Specialist | Principal – Gilchrist Connell
Nitesh has proven and extensive expertise in contentious and non-contentious cyber, technology, privacy, data security and incident response matters. He is recognised as an industry leading 5-star Cyber Lawyer by Australasian Lawyers. In 2023, he was a finalist for Cyber Security Lawyer of the Year by CyberSecurity Connect and Cyber Partner of the Year by Lawyers Weekly. Nitesh advises clients on their obligations under privacy and data security legislation, including under the Privacy Act, APRA CPS 234 and the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act. This includes providing guidance on their privacy, data security and breach response frameworks, as well as contractual obligations. More broadly, Nitesh helps businesses limit the pain and loss they may suffer from cyber incidents and technology disputes. He has acted in matters of all sizes, from those involving SMEs to disputes arising from high profile incidents involving multinational corporations and listed companies. He acts as a breach coach for cyber incidents, advises on notification obligations, corresponds with regulators on queries arising from incidents and acts for clients in litigated technology and cyber security disputes. Nitesh also understands the role of cyber and technology insurance policies. He has provided coverage advice in cyber and technology matters and assisted in drafting cyber and technology insurance policy wordings.
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