Site Changes

On 1 November 2010 the Office of the Privacy Commissioner was integrated into the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and a new website established at www.oaic.gov.au.

Note 1: Major changes to the Privacy Act 1988 will come into effect in March 2014. Agencies, businesses and not for profits need to start preparing for these changes. For more information go to our privacy law reform page at www.oaic.gov.au
Note 2: From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date. For new privacy content visit the www.oaic.gov.au website.

Privacy Codes Register

The following is the Register of Approved Privacy Codes under Section 18BG of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The authoritative versons of Privacy Codes are found on ComLaw at: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A03712/Enables.

Code Title and link to Code	Code Administrator	Contact Details	Date Came into Effect
Market and Social Research Privacy Code	Association of Market + Social Research Organisations	PO Box 658 Glebe NSW 2037 Ph: (02) 9566 3131 Fax: (02) 9571 5944 http://www.amsro.com.au/	1/09/2003 Note: Varied on 30/6/2007
Queensland Club Industry Privacy Code	Clubs Queensland	PO Box 93 Northgate QLD 4013 Ph: (07) 3252 0770 Fax: (07) 3252 0971 www.clubsqld.com.au	23/08/02 Note: Varied on 1 May 2009

Code Title and link to Code

Code Administrator

Contact Details

Date Came into Effect

Market and Social Research Privacy Code

Association of Market + Social Research Organisations

PO Box 658 Glebe NSW 2037

Ph: (02) 9566 3131 Fax: (02) 9571 5944 http://www.amsro.com.au/

1/09/2003 Note: Varied on 30/6/2007

Queensland Club Industry Privacy Code

Clubs Queensland

PO Box 93 Northgate QLD 4013

Ph: (07) 3252 0770 Fax: (07) 3252 0971

www.clubsqld.com.au

23/08/02

Note: Varied on 1 May 2009

Code Applications currently being considered.

Note: There are currently no code applications being considered.

Draft Codes for Public Consultation

Before a code can be approved, the Privacy Commissioner must be satisfied that members of the public have been given an adequate opportunity to comment on a draft of the code. Organisations developing codes can request the OPC to provide a link to their website during their public consultation process.

Note: There are currently no draft codes for public consultation.

Code approvals, variations and revocations

Part IIIAA of the Privacy Act gives the Privacy Commissioner power to approve, vary or revoke privacy codes covering private sector organisations.

Instruments approving, varying or revoking privacy codes are found in the following table. Note that only those instruments made after 1 January 2006 are currently available.

These instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments at: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A03712/Enables

Code Title	Type of instrument	Links to instrument, explanatory statement and code	Date of effect
General Insurance Information Privacy Code	Revocation	Revocation - HTML, PDF Explanatory statement: HTML, PDF	30/04/2006
Biometrics Institute Privacy Code	Approval	Approval - HTML, PDF Explanatory statement: HTML, PDF	01/09/2006
Market and Social Research Privacy Code	Variation	Variation [www.comlaw.gov.au] HTML , PDF Explanatory Statement [www.comlaw.gov.au] HTML , PDF	30/06/2007
Queensland Club Industry Privacy Code	Variation	Variation PDF Explanatory Statement PDF	1/05/2009
Biometrics Institute Privacy Code	Revocation	Revocation Explanatory statement	17/04/2012