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From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date.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

Types

Documents under "Compliance Notes", sorted by "date".

Spent Convictions

Spent Convictions Scheme (Commonwealth): Compliance note 2/91 (November 2002)

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This Compliance Note is intended for use by all State and Local government agencies, and by private companies, organisations and individuals so that they can conform to the Commonwealth law which protects persons who have certain old minor criminal convictions.

Spent Convictions Scheme (Commonwealth): Compliance note 1/91 (March 1991)

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The purpose of this Compliance Note is to provide Commonwealth authorities with: a background to the new law on old conviction information under the Crimes Act 1914, PartVIIC; an explanation of the interaction between the law and the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) of the Privacy Act; guidelines on practices which should be followed by Commonwealth authorities to ensure compliance with Part VIIC of the Crimes Act and the Privacy Act; and the role of the Privacy Commissioner in regard to these laws.