Monique Azzopardi
Clayton Utz
Special Counsel
Sydney
Overview
An experienced commercial lawyer with special expertise in technology transactions and projects. Monique has worked on several projects of State and national significance. Her experience spans the full spectrum of commercial contracts, cyber-security, "Proptech", major systems integration projects, the utilisation of cloud-based solutions, software licensing and development and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence. Another core part of Monique's practice is privacy law, data protection and data access. She is regularly called upon to assist clients to navigate privacy legislation.
Notable Work
- Advising Transport for NSW in connection with its organisational wide ICT transformation project to meet its ongoing and future technology requirements.
- Assisting the Australian Digital Health Agency with respect to its procurement and contract and associated negotiations for the provision of health API Gateway Services.
- Advising Defence with respect to its Defence Force Recruiting procurement to enable Defence to meet its core recruiting capability.
- Assisting various private sector clients to undertake privacy audits and to set up privacy compliance frameworks, including drafting privacy notices and policies to ensure compliance with relevant privacy laws, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
- Advising a Commonwealth agency in relation to its privacy impact assessment for the development and use of a proposed IT platform that would involve the collection and storage of a large number of sensitive datasets.
- Advising the Department of Customer Services (DCS) with respect to its innovative, market-led building assurance solution platform to track a building's provenance beyond basic compliance.
- Advising DCS in relation to the Procure IT Transformation Project to develop the new MICTA/ICTA Contracting Framework for the procurement of high risk or high value ICT goods and services by NSW Government agencies.
- Advising the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in relation to the new Next Export Documentation system.
Insights
What the NSW public sector can learn from the first Mandatory Notification of Data Breach Scheme Trends Report
11 Oct 2024 | Article
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Privacy protections to be bolstered with initial tranche of privacy reforms
12 Sep 2024 | Article
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OAIC takes legal action against Medibank: a wake-up call to prioritise data protection and privacy
2 Jul 2024 | Article
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The Australian Government's response to the Privacy Act review: the use of facial recognition technology
23 Jan 2024 | Article
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Commencement of the PID Act in NSW: What does it mean for an agency's contractual arrangements?
16 Oct 2023 | Article
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Proptech: Building and managing a smarter future in a post-COVID-19 world – Using generative AI
4 Aug 2023 | Article
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Proptech: Building and managing a smarter future in a post-COVID-19 world – intellectual property considerations
19 May 2023 | Article
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The age of the self-driving bureaucracy? ChatGPT and the Public Sector
21 Feb 2023 | Article
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Attorney-General releases report following two-year review of the Privacy Act
16 Feb 2023 | Article
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Important changes to the Privacy Act, including significantly increased penalties – so start getting ready now
31 Oct 2022 | Article
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Proptech: Understanding and managing privacy and surveillance issues
26 Oct 2022 | Article
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Proptech: Building and managing a smarter future in a post-COVID-19 world – cybersecurity risks
18 Aug 2022 | Article
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Information and communication technology (ICT) accessibility – Important for all, essential for some
4 Aug 2022 | Article
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Proptech: Building and managing a smarter future in a post-COVID-19 world
21 Jul 2022 | Article
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Privacy 5 Minute Fix 03: National Data Security Action Plan, COVID-19 tracing
9 Jun 2022 | Article
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Government use of artificial intelligence – new horizons (and risks)
26 May 2022 | Article
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When is a procurement an emergency? Recent guidance from the NSW Ombudsman
11 Nov 2021 | Article
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Media Release: Clayton Utz acts for Department of Defence on landmark $1bn+ contract with Telstra Corporation
10 Nov 2021 | Media Release
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Beyond the Grave: A glimpse into the privacy interests of the deceased in NSW Coronial Proceedings
1 Oct 2021 | Article
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Media Release: Clayton Utz team advises NSW Government on "global first" infra-tech project set to transform the building industry
1 Jul 2021 | Media Release
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New ICT purchasing framework to replace Procure IT: NSW Dept of Customer Service to launch industry consultation phase
3 Dec 2020 | Article
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Procuring when an emergency strikes – altered procurement obligations and opportunities at the NSW and Federal levels
19 Mar 2020 | Article
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New privacy permissions in response to the 2019-20 bushfire emergency
21 Feb 2020 | Article
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NSW Government agencies should be prepared – procurement challenges are available from tomorrow
28 Nov 2019 | Article
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NSW Government agencies must act now to be ready for reviewable procurement decisions
27 Nov 2018 | Article
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