Nicholas Commins

Nicholas Commins

Senior Legal Counsel
CyberCX

Nick is a senior data, technology and privacy lawyer with nearly a decade of experience in corporate, privacy and data law, and a background in network engineering and IT. He brings a dual technical and legal perspective to cyber security risk, corporate governance, and technology contracting, along with an ability to break down complexity into something other professionals can use and enjoy.

When not advising clients, Nick is a regular contributor to law reform through the NSW Law Society's Data and Privacy Law committee, and he can also be found lecturing in corporate law, mentoring new entrants to the legal and tech fields, or speaking at AISA conferences.

Vibing your AI Governance - A recipe for a breach of Director's Duties

Emily Bartlett, Nicholas Commins, Melissa Clare & Dimitri Vedeneev
2026-10-15 1:30 pm
2026-10-15 2:10 pm
Melbourne Room 2

Boards that outsource AI governance decisions to consultants may still breach their directors' duties under the Corporations Act, this panel warns.

Age-identification-gate honeypot: Why 2026 compliance is a hacker's best friend

Nicholas Commins, Melissa Clare & Simone Herbert-Lowe
2026-10-16 11:45 am
2026-10-16 12:25 pm
Room 203

Age-verification and AML/CTF rules force mass collection of biometric and identity data. A legal and technical panel asks who is liable for these honeypots.

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