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From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date.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

Documents under "Guidelines", sorted by "name".

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10 Steps Guide to Protecting Other People's Personal Information

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10 Steps Guide to Protecting Your Personal Information

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Consultation Paper - Draft Voluntary Information Security Breach Notification Guide (April 2008)

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How to comment on this consultation paper Acknowledgements PART A About this Consultation Paper 1. Purpose 2. Background 3. Relationship of the draft guide to law reform proposals 4. Some topics for consideration when commenting on the draft guide PART B...

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Guide to handling personal information security breaches (Archived)

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This document has been archived. The revised guide titled "Data breach notification: Guide to handling personal information security breaches" was published in April 2012 and can be found at: http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/guidelines.html#other_privacy_guidance August 2008 Key Messages Key terms used in this guide 1. The purpose of this guide 2. Scope of this guide 3. Who should use this guide? 4. What is a personal information security breach? 5. Prevent personal information security breaches 6. Why breach notification is good privacy prac...

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Medicare and Pharmaceutical Benefits Programs Privacy Guidelines (Issued under section 135AA of the National Health Act 1953, with Privacy Commissioner's notes (May 1997 - effective to 30 June 2008)

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Privacy Act 1988 Part III Division 4 - Tax File Number Guidelines Amendment No 1, 2010

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This document has been archived. It is no longer in use.

Privacy Act 1988 Part III Division 4 - Tax File Number Guidelines 1992 - Amendment No.1, 2010 Explanatory Statement

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This document has been archived. It is no longer in use.

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Tax File Number annotated (March 2004)

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Tax File Number Guidelines (December 2010)

This document has been archived and is no longer in use.