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Speeches
Privacy Act - 18 months on
pdf (1.75 MB)
a speech delivered by the Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, to the Investment and Financial Services Association, Sydney, 7 May 2003.
Privacy Act - One year on
pdf (2.3 MB)
a speech delivered by the Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, to Privacy Workshops organised by the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Hobart & Launceston, 3, 4 April 2003
Privacy Act 1988
pdf (968.79 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to a Business SA evening forum, Adelaide, 10 October 2001
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth): Legal and privacy considerations in sharing personal information with third parties
pdf (422.67 KB)
A speech delivered by Director of Compliance, Chris Cowper at the State and Territory Commissioners? Conference, 21 March 2005.
Privacy Act and The Private Sector
pdf (655.76 KB)
a speech delivered by Brant Pridmore, Director Compliance, Office ofÿ Privacy Commissioner to the Financial Planning Association Convention, Brisbane in November 2001
Privacy Act: Implications for DOCEP
pdf (1004.77 KB)
a speech delivered by Robin Mckenzie, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Privacy Commissioner, to the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (DOCEP), Western Australia, 22 August 2002.
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000
pdf (946.14 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to Pharmacy 2001 organised by the, Australian Friendly Societies Pharmacies Association, Gold Coast, 2 November 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - 10 May 2001
pdf (792.86 KB)
a breakfast seminar with KPMG, delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner, 10 May 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - 11 September 2001
pdf (256 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the Canberra Business Council White Pages Business Series of luncheon addresses, Canberra 11 September 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - 14 february 2001
pdf (815.24 KB)
Privacy Commissioner''s presentation to Clayton Utz breakfast seminar to launch their Privacy Website. Sydney, 14 February 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - 15 May 2001
pdf (750.82 KB)
a lunch time talk delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the Major Mail Users of Australia, 15 May 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - 20 June 2001
pdf (832.95 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the Australian Retail Business Technology Conference 2001, 20 June 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - 22 May 2001
pdf (802.54 KB)
a seminar delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner, to the Association of Compliance Professionals of Australia (ACPA) hosted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 22 May 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - 25 July 2001
pdf (146.47 KB)
a speech delivered by Tracey Howe, Policy Adviser, to the Commercial Bar Association, Victoria, 25 July 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - 26 July 2001
pdf (630.53 KB)
a speech delivered by Gillie Kirk, Director, Promotion & Education to the Australian Hotels Association, Melbourne, 26 July 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - 28 August 2001
pdf (549 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the Connections 2001 conference hosted by Acxiom, Melbourne 28 August 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - August 2001
pdf (615.96 KB)
a speech delivered by Gillie Kirk, Director, Promotion & Education to Bigs and Bigs Lawyers, Brisbane, 1 August 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 - Complying with your obligations
pdf (769.58 KB)
delivered by Timothy Pilgrim, Deputy Privacy Commissioner, to a Blake Dawson Waldron seminar, 20 June 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 -15 March 2001
pdf (815.75 KB)
Privacy Commissioner''s presentation to Clayton Utz seminar. Melbourne, 15 March 2001
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000: Payroll Specialists
pdf (901.57 KB)
a speech delivered by Gillie Kirk, Director, Promotion and Education, Office of the Privacy Commissioner, September 2001
Privacy Amendment Act 2000 - 16th July 2001
pdf (363.6 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the Board of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Sydney , 16 July 2001
Privacy Amendment Act 2000 - 18th July 2001
pdf (970.8 KB)
delivered by Timothy Pilgrim, Deputy Privacy Commissioner, to a Blake Dawson Waldron seminar, Sydney 18 July 2001
Privacy Amendment Act 2000 - 20th July 2001
pdf (985.78 KB)
delivered by Timothy Pilgrim, Deputy Privacy Commissioner, to the Inaugural Fundraising Institute--Australia/Australian Direct Marketing Association State Conference, Brisbane, 20 July 2001
Privacy Amendment Act 2000 - 22 June 2001
pdf (275.9 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the Board of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, 22 June 2001
Privacy and 'Walking the Line'
pdf (197.58 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association, Canberra, 26 February 2009
Privacy and community services - the national framework
pdf (730.61 KB)
A speech delivered by Senior Policy Adviser, Paul Armstrong, to the ACT Council of Social Service Online, Sydney, 18 June 2003
Privacy and Employment Services
pdf (1.12 MB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner, to Privacy and Employment Services Association, Brisbane, 9 August 2002.
Privacy and Health Insurance
pdf (2.86 MB)
a presentation by Hugh Clapin, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Privacy Commissioner to the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman Fourth Annual Seminar
Privacy and Law Reform
pdf (385.14 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to the AIAL Administrative Law Forum, Hotel Realm, Canberra, 7 August 2009
Privacy and Law Reform
pdf (534.68 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to the University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, 19 May 2009
Privacy and Pathology
pdf (1.57 MB)
a presentation by Hugh Clapin, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Privacy Commissioner to the Quality Use of Pathology Committee, Sydney, 19 February 2003.
Privacy and Public Registers
pdf (1.72 MB)
a speech delivered by the Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, to the 30th Australasian Registrars Conference, Canberra, 15 November 2002.
Privacy and Research - Opportunities for better outcomes
pdf (101.68 KB)
Speech by Clare Vinecombe, Deputy Director (A/g), Compliance, to the 2007 National Research Ethics Conference, Melbourne, 17-18 October 2007.
Privacy and Security
pdf (20.45 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner, to the Security in Government Conference, organised by the Attorney-General''s Department, Canberra, 12 April 2002.
Privacy and the Cloud
pdf (465.55 KB)
Speech by Andrew Solomon, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Operations, to Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, 9 September 2010
Privacy and the Private Sector
pdf (481.35 KB)
a speech delivered by Brant Pridmore, Director, Compliance, Standards Australia Seminars, September 2001. The speaker notes with the slides for this presentation include references to the Privacy Commissioner''s draft guidelines to the National Privacy Principles, issued in May 2001. Please note that these draft guidelines have been superseded by the final guidelines, issued in September 2001 and available at www.privacy.gov.au/news/pab.html. Please read this presentation in conjunction with the final guidelines.
Privacy and the Private Sector: The National Framework
pdf (548.57 KB)
delivered by Paul Armstrong, Director Policy to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, 4 February 2002
Privacy Commissioner's speech launching his strategic plan at Seminar
pdf (467.34 KB)
Building Networks for Privacy Solutions--A Discussion on the Future of Privacy in Australia, 30 March 2000
Privacy Compliance - post-implementation perspective from the regulator
pdf (419.78 KB)
a speech delivered by Brant Pridmore, Director Compliance, to Business Risk Management and Compliance, organised by LexisNexis Butterworths Sydney, 29 May 2002.
Privacy essentials for electronic health records
pdf (321.38 KB)
Speech by Andrew Hayne, Deputy Director, Policy, Office of the Privacy Commissioner. Delivered to Consumer Health Forum, electronic health records consumer representatives meeting, 4 April 2006.
Privacy Going Public
pdf (1.01 MB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the RealBiz 2001 Conference organised by the, Real Estate of Queensland, Gold Coast, 25 October 2001
Privacy in a Hi-Tech World:.Technology, Policing and Identity Management - Speech Notes
pdf (82 KB)
Speech delivered by The Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, at 2nd International Policing Conference 2004, Adelaide, 3 November 2004.
Privacy in Australia
pdf (82.28 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner, to the National Privacy Conference, organised by the Department of Human Services Victoria Melbourne, 26 November 2001
Privacy in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities
pdf (628.91 KB)
Speech by Timothy Pilgrim, Deputy Privacy Commissioner, to Biometrics Institute, 27 May 2010
Privacy in context: Implications for Schools
pdf (93.51 KB)
Presentation by Clare Vinecombe, Deputy Director (A/g), Compliance,ÿto Association of Independent Schools of Victoria,ÿMelbourne, 1 November 2007.
Privacy in Practice
pdf (52.18 KB)
A speech delivered by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, at the Centre for Continuing Legal Education University of NSW, 9 March 2005.
Privacy in the Information Age
pdf (553.27 KB)
New and Old privacy law in Australia: speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to a lunch hosted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Sydney , 10 July 2001
Privacy in the Information Age-New and Old privacy law in Australia - 15th August 2001
pdf (680.81 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to a lunch hosted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Melbourne, 15 August 2001
Privacy in the Information Age-New and Old privacy law in Australia - 8th August 2001
pdf (553.38 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to a lunch hosted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Brisbane, 8 August 2001
Privacy in Your Business
pdf (660.89 KB)
a speech delivered by Gillie Kirk, Director Corporate and Public Affairs, to Ryde Business Forum, Sydney, 7 August 2002.
Privacy issues for copyright management and enforcement
pdf (436.63 KB)
Speech delivered by Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, to the 11th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium hosted by Conference of the Australian Copyright Council and Copyright Society of Australia, Sydney, 20 November 2003.
Privacy Issues in an e-world
pdf (576.86 KB)
Macquarie Graduate School of Management, 24 September 1999
Privacy Law in Evolution: Across the Pacific
pdf (315.12 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, at the Australasian Banking and Financial Services Law Association Annual Conference, Gold Coast, 31 July 2009
Privacy Law Reform
pdf (99.74 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to the Clayton Utz Breakfast Seminar, Canberra, 8 November 2007.
Privacy Law Reform - Consistency, Simplicity, Clarity
pdf (131.46 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to the Melbourne Law School on Privacy Law Reform - Consistency, Simplicity, Clarity, Melbourne, 5 March 2008.
Privacy Laws and Business Roundtable
pdf (76.6 KB)
A speech delivered by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, Suisse-Majestic Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland, 13 September 2005.
Privacy Laws for the Australian private sector: Compliance versus Enforcement
pdf (229.43 KB)
a speech delivered by Brant Pridmore, Acting Deputy Privacy commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner, to the Association for Compliance Professionals of Australia, Sydney,ÿ17ÿSeptember 2002.
Privacy Proofing Your Organisation for NOW and the Future
pdf (266.43 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, at the iappANZ Conference, Melbourne, 14 October 2009
Privacy regulation and e-Research
pdf (46.81 KB)
Speech by Andrew Hayne, Deputy Director, Policy, to the Legal Framework for e-Research Conference Queensland University of Technology, 11-12 July 2007.
Privacy Update - Post 21/12/2001 Implementation
pdf (1.22 MB)
a speech delivered by the Deputy Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, to the 2002 CPA Conference, Melbourne, 29 October 2002.
Privacy, Guardianship & Administration
pdf (705.44 KB)
a speech delivered by Paul Armstrong, Director Policy, to the National Guardianship & Administration Committee, Sydney, 19 April 2002.
Privacy, Health Information and Employee Records: Implications of New Commonwealth Privacy Laws
pdf (251.55 KB)
a speech delivered by Paul Armstrong, Director, Policy, to the PACRIM Conference, Cairns 9 October 2001
Privacy, research and e-health
pdf (375.75 KB)
Speech by Timothy Pilgrim, Deputy Privacy Commissioner, to Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Conference, Canberra, 23 June 2010
Privacy, technology and the healthcare sector
pdf (83.78 KB)
delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner, to The Australian Financial Review Fourth Annual Health Congress, Sydney, 28 February 2002
Privacy--An update on implementation
pdf (1006.68 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the Annual Conference of the Investment and Financial Services Association, Brisbane, 1 August 2001
Privacy: Let's shout it from the rafters
pdf (214.76 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Shangri-La Hotel Sydney, 27 August 2008.
Privacy: New obligations for Australian Business
pdf (935.99 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals 2001 Conference, Sydney, 19 October 2001
Privacy: Technology, Law and the Marketplace
pdf (1.34 MB)
Speech delivered by the Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, to the 3rd IBM Privacy Technology Summit hosted by IBM Tivoli, Sydney, 8 September 2003.
Profiling the attitude of consumers to privacy
pdf (48.87 KB)
delivered by Gillie Kirk, Director, Promotion & Education, to BTELL 29 May 2001
Proof of ID required? Getting Identity Management Right
pdf (609.17 KB)
Speech delivered by the Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, to the Australian IT Security Forum, Sydney, March 30.
Protecting the privacy of our citizens
pdf (52.3 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner to the Govtech Summit,19 July 2007.
Protecting Your Privacy - It's a Corporate Responsibility
pdf (2.55 MB)
a speech by the Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, to the Conference on Enabling the Information Future organised by the Archives, Information & Records Management Joint Venture, Brisbane, 18 October 2002
public forum on the proposed private sector legislation
pdf (196.21 KB)
Privacy Commissioner''s presentation to the public forum on the proposed private sector legislation, Sydney, 8 September 1999
Putting the Privacy into Service Delivery Reform
pdf (640.22 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to Human Services Delivery and Payment Reform Summit, 29 June 2010
Reducing overlap, duplication and inconsistency
pdf (80.75 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to the Australian Regulatory Reform Evolution 2006, 24 October 2006
Regulator Perspectives on Existing and Developing International Arrangements for Cross-Border Cooperation:
pdf (32.46 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, at the Second Technical Assistance Seminar on International Implementation of the APEC Privacy Framework 2007, Session II commencing 10:45am Cairns Convention Centre, 25 June 2007.
Review of the private sector provisions of the Privacy Act
pdf (113.69 KB)
A speech by Robin McKenzie, Director, Corporate and Public Affairs, for the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman Workshop, Tuesday 14 June.
Role of the Privacy Commissioner in the Regulation of Telecommunications.
pdf (104.55 KB)
A speech delivered by Hugh Clapin, Deputy Director, Policy Office of the Privacy Commissioner, to the to the ACMA International Training Program, 16 November 2005.
Safety and Quality
pdf (599.87 KB)
delivered by Hugh Clapin, Policy Advisor to the Safety and Quality Council, Hobart, 13 February 2002
Security vs Privacy
pdf (1.5 MB)
contributed by the Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, to a panel session at ILPF 2002, a conference organised by the Internet Law and Policy Forum, Seattle USA, 19 September 2002.
Securitypoint 2008 Seminar Series
pdf (158.83 KB)
Speech by Andrew Hayne, Director (A/g), Policy, Canberra, 11 February 2008, Sydney, 13 February 2008, and Clare Vinecombe, Deputy Director (A/g), Compliance, Melbourne, 12 February 2008, Brisbane, 14 February 2008 to the Securitypoint 2008 Seminar Series, Privacy - Today and Tomorrow.
Smart Infrastructure and Privacy
pdf (488.07 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to Thinkfuture Smart Infrastructure Conference, Canberra, 12 March 2010
Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business
pdf (581.54 KB)
Annual Conference. Canberra, Thursday 26 October
Successful Complaints to the Privacy Commissioner
pdf (194.24 KB)
Speech delivered by the Director of Compliance, Chris Cowper, to the CLE Seminar - Privacy Complaints: How to win for your customers, Sydney, December 4.
Talking points for Privacy Commissioner at National Health Online Summit Adelaide, 3 August 2000
National Health Online Summit Adelaide, 3 August 2000
The ABC of privacy - Everything you need to know about privacy
pdf (253.77 KB)
Speech by Karen Curtis, Privacy Commissioner, to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Canberra, 8 July 2008.
The Australian Human Resources Institute
pdf (405.77 KB)
The Cyberspace Workplace. Tuesday 21 November 2000
The Essential Guide to the Privacy Act
pdf (600.6 KB)
a speech delivered by Chris Cowper, Director Policy, Office of theÿPrivacy Commissioner, to the LAN Annual IT Security Forum 2002, Melbourne,ÿ20 November 2002.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
pdf (1.14 MB)
delivered as part of the Visionary panel: Examining recent legislation driving IT security awareness in government and enterprise at the Information Security World 2002 Conference Sydney, 19 August 2002.
The impact of computers on privacy: a virtual story.
pdf (52.33 KB)
A speech delivered by Siobhan Jenner for the Striking a balance: Computer Audit, Control and Security 2005 Conference, at the Burswood Convention Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 23-26 October 2005.
The Importance of Privacy to e-commerce: AIIA Seminar, 27 July 2000
pdf (514.35 KB)
AIIA Seminar, 27 July 2000
The importance of self-regulation in the implementation of data protection principles: The Australian Private Sector Experience
pdf (40.6 KB)
A speech delivered by Karen Curtis Privacy Commissioner, at the 27th International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Montreux, Switzerland, 15 September 2005.
The Internet Stripped Naked!
pdf (725.53 KB)
a speech delivered by Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner to the Connections Internet Conference 2001 organised by the Western Australian Internet Association, Perth, 16 October 2001
The New Privacy Legislation and how it affects Seal Providers
pdf (1.08 MB)
E-Commerce Seals of Assurance Meeting, 24 November 1999
The Privacy Act - implications for auditing financial institutions
pdf (379.34 KB)
a speech delivered by Brant Pridmore, Director Compliance, to AFIAA Conference, Sydney, 24 June 2002.
The Privacy Act and commercial information
pdf (140.33 KB)
A speech delivered by Melanie Drayton, Deputy Director, at the
The Privacy Act, employee records and email monitoring
pdf (507.47 KB)
a speech delivered by Senior Policy Adviser Robin Mckenzie, to a workshop hosted by Clearswift Corporation, Perth, 5 March 2003.
The Privacy Act, Facing 21 December 2002
pdf (1.71 MB)
a speech by the Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, to the Western Australian Council of Social Service, Perth, 11 October 2002
The Privacy Act: current issues
pdf (3.18 MB)
a presentation by Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton to the Byron Bay Summer Law School 2002 course on Privacy and the Private Sector run by the Southern Cross University, Byron Bay, 10 December 2002.
The Privacy Act: Implications for Evaluation
pdf (1.06 MB)
a speech delivered by Robin Mckenzie, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Privacy Commissioner, to the Australasian Evaluation Society, Western Australia, 23 August 2002.



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