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From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date.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

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National Privacy Principles (September 2001)

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September 2001 Copyright Office of the Privacy Commissioner 2001 ISBN 1-877079-22-7 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. Requests and enquiries concerning re...

Information Sheet (Private Sector) 1A: National Privacy Principles

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Principle 1 - Collection Principle 2 - Use and disclosure Principle 3 - Data quality Principle 4 - Data security Principle 5 - Openness Principle 6 - Access and correction Principle 7 - Identifiers Principle 8 - Anonymity Principle 9 - Transborder data flows Principle 10 - Sensitive information...

Privacy Impact Assessment Guide

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