Media Releases and Announcements for 2004

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December 2004

• Federal Privacy Commissioner publishes case notes 16-19, 2004 (16/12/04)

November 2004

• Review of the Medicare and PBS Privacy Guidelines issued under section 135AA of the National Health Act 1953 (8/11/04)

October 2004

• Commissioner seeks views about the private sector provisions of the Privacy Act 27/10/2004
• Results of research into community attitudes towards privacy released 26/10/2004

August 2004

• 65,000 One.Tel debtor default listings dropped from credit records because of inaccuracy 23/8/2004
• Privacy Commissioner outlines consultation process for review of the Private Sector Provisions of the Privacy Act 20/8/2004
• Privacy Commissioner to review the operation of the private sector provisions 13/8/2004

July 2004

• Privacy website initiatives break down information barriers 28/7/2004

June 2004

• Acting Federal Privacy Commissioner Publishes New Case Notes (23/06/04)
• New Privacy Commissioner welcomed 10/6/2004

May 2004

• A privacy first as Federal Court stops privacy breach (27/5/04)
• Acting Federal Privacy Commissioner publishes amended case note 4 for 2004 (27/5/04)
• Company Director's Guide to enhance Privacy (7/5/04)

April 2004

• Tenancy database operator breaches the Privacy Act (19/4/04)
• Timothy Pilgrim appointed as Acting Federal Privacy Commissioner (19/4/04)
• Privacy Commissioner welcomes Mental Health Coalition's Privacy Kit (6/4/04)

March 2004

• We must get identification management right to avoid losing our privacy(31/03/04)
• Federal Privacy Commissioner publishes case note 3, for 2004 (24/3/04)
• Commissioner encourages individuals to enter international privacy paper writing competition (19/3/04)
• Commissioner to speak about his 5 years as federal privacy regulator (16/03/04)

February 2004

• Privacy Commissioner welcomes release of employee privacy discussion paper (18/02/04)
• Ticketmaster7 privacy errors highlight industry wide problem (12/02/04)

January 2004

• Federal Privacy Commissioner publishes case notes 1 and 2 (16/1/2004)