Clear filters Australian Privacy ActXPart IPreliminary 1 - Short title2 - Commencement2A - Objects of this Act3 - Saving of certain State and Territory laws3A - Application of the Criminal Code4 - Act to bind the Crown5A - Extension to external Territories5B - Extra territorial operation ...
The Queensland Information Privacy Act 2009 secures the right for individuals to have their personal information collected and managed under the scope of the privacy principles. It also lays out rules specifically for how the Queensland Government agencies may collect and store private information. Perso...
The amendments were made subsequent to a number of high profile data breaches and represent the first set of changes to thePrivacy Actfollowing the review of the Act commenced by the Attorney-General in October 2020. The submissions made to the review emphasized the need for more effective ...
Data privacy laws in Australia are changing for the first time since 1988 in the wake of high-profile data breaches. Damien Murray, Lead Solution Engineer at Salesforce explains why businesses need to act now to comply with the updates or risk their bottom line and reputation. Damien Murray J...
The Government's response to the Privacy Act review will be a political commitment, and it will be difficult for the Government to change paths once announced. With several rounds of consultation behind them, now is the time to shine light on big ticket issues and unexpected consequences. ...
The Australian government introduced a Privacy Bill in 1986, closely coupled with a Bill to introduce a national identification scheme. It lapsed. A significantly revised Bill was introduced in late 1988, and following amendments in the House, passed into law in December of that year. This paper...
Similar to the Australian privacy principles, New Zealand law lays out 12 information privacy principles (NZ IPPs) for the proper handling of personal information of Kiwi citizens, and these principles can be found athttp://privacy.org.nz/information-privacy-principles. The Act and 12 IPPs presum...
Australian Central Time (ACT) is thetime zonein the middle ofAustralia. It is used inthree Australian states and territories:New South Wales,South Australia, and theNorthern Territory. In New South Wales, it is only used inBroken Hill(Yancowinna County). ...
Bunnings relied on two permitted general situations (PGS) set out in s 16A of the Privacy Act. In relation to identifying violent POIs, Bunnings relied on PGS 1 which provides an exception where: it is unreasonable or impracticable to obtain the individual's...
Some would say that if the government wants to link all the data about each person, even against the will of the public, it might be better done by the ABS, as they are obliged to provide at least some privacy protections. However, the problem with giving such task to the ABS is in...