Kara Birch

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EDUCATION

ABOUT KARA BIRCH

A lawyer and compliance consultant with Peripheral Blue, Kara is a privacy law and data protection specialist and ESG generalist. Her experience leading teams and delivering policy, compliance and audit solutions for government agencies (including the Australian Privacy Commissioner and Ombudsman SA) has honed Kara\'s legislative and policy expertise. This experience is complemented by a commitment to clear communication and effective stakeholder engagement, harnessing the principles of co-design in pragmatic policy formulation. Having worked extensively within government, Kara has a keen understanding of the regulator\'s perspective in assessing compliance. Specialising in privacy law and data protection, Kara can assist all organisations to better manage their information and data handling practices. Kara provides cost effective, innovative solutions to-understand what laws and regulations apply to your business-check your compliance through assessment and audits -develop and implement compliance programs and policies across many critical ESG areas-interpret legislation, regulations and complex documentation-conduct privacy audits, privacy impact assessments and data breach assessments-write modern slavery statements and related policies and procedures -advise on privacy compliance issues related mergers and aquisitions and GDPR application-educate staff, management and clients on complex policy issues including privacy and modern slavery. Kara has helped all kinds of organisations navigate the complexities of legislation and regulatory issues, working with a diverse range of groups spanning the public, private and not for profit sectors.