Founder and Group CEO

David Lacey is Group Chief Executive Officer of IDCARE, a provider of specialist services to victims of crimes of deception and personal information abuse across Australia, New Zealand and select Pacific Islands. David is also a Professor of Cyberpsychology with the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Queensland, and member of the Cyberpsychology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney. David has held numerous senior executive roles across the Australian Government within law enforcement and national security, including being the Executive Director of the Australian Crime Commission responsible for national and international special investigations, human source management, coercive powers, and special intelligence operations. David is an active researcher and has published extensively within the fields of human-computer interaction, financial and other crimes of deception, and cyberpsychology, and is passionate about developments in relation to privacy causes of action. He serves on the Editorial Board of Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking and is reviewer for numerous international publications across criminology, human factors, and information systems.