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From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date.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

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Access Card Proposal

This document has been archived and is no longer in use by the Office. A list of the Offices current publications is available on the publications page @www.privacy.gov.au/publications/index.html NOTE: Following the 2007 federal election, and in line with the new Labor governments election policy to not proceed with the Access Ca...

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Background Paper - Application of the National Principles for the Fair Handling of Personal Information to Personal Health Information (May 1999)

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Biometrics Institute Privacy Code (revoked 17 April 2012)

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Archived document: This code has been revoked, effective from 17 April 2012. This document has been archived.

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Consumer access to medical records (November 1995)

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Explanatory statement for Credit Provider Determination 2006-5

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Explanatory statement for Credit Provider Determinations 2006-3, 2006-4

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Explanatory Statement: Credit Provider Determination No. 2006-5 concerning Indigenous Business Australia

Archived document: October 2006 Explanatory Statement IBA Determination This explanatory statement has been drafted for the purpose of fulfilling the Office of the Privacy Commissioners obligations under section 26(1) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. This explanatory statement refers to Credit Provider Determination No. 2006-5 - concerning Indigenous Bus...

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Information Paper 1: Privacy Implications of New Communications Networks and Service (August1994)

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Information Paper 2: Privacy and Profiling (April 1995)

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Information Paper 3: Community Attitudes Towards Privacy (August 1996)

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Information Paper 4: Smart Cards: Implications for Privacy (December 1995)

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Information Paper 5: The Privacy Implications of Genetic Testing (September 1996)

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Issues Paper - Application of the National Principles for the Fair Handling of Personal Information to Personal Health Information (May 1999)

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National Principles for the Fair Handling of Personal Information (January 1999)

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Report to the Attorney - General on personal health information (December 1999)

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Web Seals: A Review of Online Privacy Programs

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Table of Contents Executive Summary1. Background1.1 Why Online Privacy Seals?2. Objective of the Web Seals Project2.1 Seals Selected for Review3. Methodology4. Assessment of the Seal Programs4.1 Privacy Principles4.1.1 Selection of the OECD Guidelines as the standard4.1.2 Template for analysis4.1.3 BBBOnL...

Who's calling? Privacy and Calling Number Display

Privacy Commissioner Community advice Whos calling? Your privacy and calling number display What is Calling Number Display or Caller ID? What are the privacy issues with CND? What can I do to stop my number from being sent? What legal protection exists for my information collected through CND?...