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From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date.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.

National Privacy Principles

The National Privacy Principles (NPPs) are the base line privacy standards which some private sector organisations need to comply with in relation to personal information they hold. All health service providers in the private sector need to comply with these principles.

Please click the link for a copy of the National Privacy Principles. There is also a Plain English summary of the NPPs.

More detailed information and guidance on the Office’s interpretation of the NPPs can be found in the Guidelines to the National Privacy Principles (September 2001).