About

The IDCARE Foundation is comprised of specialist academics and research students who possess a wealth of experience in confronting the psychological and technical harms associated with crimes of deception.

About

The IDCARE Foundation is comprised of specialist health and technical staff, academics and researchers who possess a wealth of experience in confronting the psychological and technical harms associated with crimes of deception.

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide advanced behavioural and technical treatments to diagnose and treat serious harms confronting victims of online deception.

Our Principles

To Support

The Foundation is leading the way in delvering specialised treatments to victims of crimes of deception.

To Respond

The cyber and psychological impacts experienced by the community can result in significant harms - psychologically, financially and technically. Response support is critical.

To Inform

The Foundation advances education and research that directly supports the diagnosis, management and treatment of serious harms.  

To Enhance

The Foundation aims to enhance the relevance of psychological and technical treatments extended to victims of these crimes.

Governance Documents

Our Constitution

This document outlines our rules, structure, and governance framework. You can download it here.

Board Charter

This document defines the roles, responsibilities and functions of the board. You can download it here.

Student Placement Policy

This document outlines our student placement policy. You can download it here.

Modern Slavery Policy

This document outlines how we address and prevent forced labour and protect our worker's rights. You can download it here.

Privacy Policy

This document details how we collect, use and protect the valuable data we have access to. You can download it here.

FIA Code of Conduct

We adhere to the Fundraising institute of Australia's code of conduct. View it here.

Foundation Board of Directors

David Lacey

David Lacey is founder and Managing Director of IDCARE. He has held senior executive roles across Government and industry within identity and cyber security, law enforcement and national security. He advises Governments and corporates on integrating customer-centric identity and cyber security response capabilities and has been recognised for his leading work in building and advancing cross-industry and sectorial initiatives. David has held numerous Board roles in commercial and not-for-profit organisations and is an active member of government and industry Audit & Risk Committees.

David Lacey
Delia Rickard

Delia was the Deputy Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for over a decade. Before that she held a variety of senior roles at the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and the ACCC as well as working for Federal Ministers, the Australian Law Reform Commission & lecturing in law. She oversaw the ACCC’s scams work during her time there and the establishment of moneysmart.gov.au at ASIC amongst other things. She has been awarded the Public Service Medal, the SOCAP Lifetime Achievement award and the Inaugural Law Council of Australia Australian Consumer Rights Award in 2022.

Olga Ganopolsky

Olga Ganopolsky is Macquarie Group’s General Counsel - Privacy and Data and is well versed in the subject of data protection with extensive experience in detailed privacy policy challenges, law reform and ongoing management of legal and strategic issues. Much of Olga’s work involves implementing new technologies and addressing privacy requirements in an increasingly complex co-regulatory and sometimes contentious environment. Most recently this has included work on the implementations of General Data Protection Regulation and the reforms to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 and related regimes, advising artificial intelligence and CPS 234.