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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From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date.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 Act
The Privacy Act regulates 'information privacy'. To find out what we mean by information privacy see What is privacy? The Privacy Act covers a number of different activities and sectors.
This section covers in detail the key sections of the Privacy Act, to whom they apply and what they require.
Alternatively, simply access the Privacy Act itself: the most up-to-date compilation of the Privacy Act is available on Comlaw.
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