Privacy

Changes to Australian Privacy Law

From 12 March 2014, the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) will replace the National Privacy Principles and Information Privacy Principles and will apply to organisations, and Australian Government (and Norfolk Island Government) agencies.

Here’s a quick précis of the new Australian Privacy Principles, taken from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website.

  1. Part 1 — Consideration of personal information privacy
    • Principle 1 — open and transparent management of personal information
    • Principle 2 — anonymity and pseudonymity
  2. Part 2 — Collection of personal information
    • Principle 3 — collection of solicited personal information
    • Principle 4 — dealing with unsolicited personal information
    • Principle 5 — notification of the collection of personal information
  3. Part 3 — Dealing with personal information
    • Principle 6 — use or disclosure of personal information
    • Principle 7 — direct marketing
    • Principle 8 — cross-border disclosure of personal information
    • Principle 9 — adoption, use or disclosure of government related identifiers
  4. Part 4 — Integrity of personal information
    • Principle 10 — quality of personal information
    • Principle 11 — security of personal information
  5. Part 5 — Access to, and correction of, personal information
    • Principle 12 — access to personal information
    • Principle 13 — correction of personal information

Here’s a link to the spot where the principles are detailed: Privacy fact sheet 17: Australian Privacy Principles

And here’s a link to where you can download the Privacy Fact sheet 17.

 

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