Privacy and cyber breaches: Lessons from front-line responders

Panel Discussion

Speaker(s): Hayden Wilson , Campbell Featherstone
Date: 5:00pm — 7:00pm, 20 May 2025
Venue: Dentons Wellington
Location: Level 4, 40 Bowen Street, Wellington 6011
Price members: $55.00 incl GST
Price non-members: $100.00 incl GST

Overview

For many organisations the question is not if, but when, will they face a privacy or cyber breach?

These incidents can be highly disruptive, but they don’t have to be debilitating.

Organisations that are prepared are likely to come out of an incident better off than those who thought it wouldn’t happen to them.

Join Hayden Wilson, Global Vice Chair and Chair of Dentons in New Zealand, Campbell Featherstone, Dentons Partner, and a consultant from Kordia, for insights into what really happens when a privacy or cyber breach occurs – not only from a legal perspective but also the ‘human element’ of dealing with one of the more stressful situations an organisation can face.

Learn what it might mean for you as a director: what you need to know, when you need to know it, and what questions you can and should be asking to position your organisation as best you can to deal with a crisis of this nature.

This session will cover:

The realities of a privacy or cyber breach – what actually happens behind the scenes
The legal implications and critical decisions directors must be aware of
The ‘human element’ – managing stress, communications and reputational impact
Key questions directors should be asking to ensure their organisations are crisis-read

Drawing on firsthand experience as front-line responders, our panel will explore the full lifecycle of a privacy or cyber breach, offering a practical and strategic perspective on how to mitigate risk and respond effectively.

This event is bought to you by

Hayden Wilson

MInstD

Hayden Wilson is Global Vice Chair and Chair of Dentons in New Zealand. He plays a key role in the firm’s key relationships and is a Partner in the firm’s Dispute Resolution and Public Law team, specialising in public, regulatory, and commercial litigation. As a specialist in crisis management, Hayden regularly works with clients to navigate complex issues of privacy compliance and to assist them with responding to privacy, data breach events, access requests, complaints and investigations. Hayden helps both public and private sector clients to manage a wide range of public law issues, including managing and reviewing risk, advising on privacy and information law, human rights obligations and regulatory issues.

Campbell Featherstone

Campbell Featherstone is a Partner and specialises in commercial, technology and privacy law at Dentons. He provides advice on procurement, privacy and data protection, emerging technologies (including AI), IT agreements (including SaaS, agile and waterfall software development, and traditional licensing), IP licensing and consumer and marketing law compliance.

Campbell has advised numerous clients on compliance with privacy and data protection law, including the implications of the introduction of the European General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) for clients based both within and outside the EU, and the implications of New Zealand privacy law reforms.

Campbell takes an active interest in the development of privacy and consumer law in New Zealand and the intersection of privacy law and technology. He was the co-author of the firm's submissions on the Privacy Bill and presented those submissions to the Justice Committee on the firm's behalf.

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