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- Legislation
- Australia
- Commonwealth
- Commonwealth Electoral Legislation (Provision of Information) Act 2000 (Cth)
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An Act to provide for the use of information provided under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, and for other purposes.
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- Federal Privacy Law
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Information about Australia's Commonwealth privacy laws with links to the full-text.
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- Freedom of Information Act 1982 (CTH)
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An Act to give to members of the public rights of access to official documents of the Government of the Commonwealth and of its agencies.
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- Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
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An Act to make provision to protect the privacy of individuals, and for related purposes.
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- Privacy Amendment (Office of the Privacy Commissioner) Act 2000 (Cth)
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An Act to create the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, and for related purposes.
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- Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 (Cth)
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An Act to amend the law relating to privacy, and for related purposes.
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- Privacy Codes
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The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) allows organisations and industries to have and to enforce their own privacy codes that continue to uphold the privacy rights of individuals while allowing some flexibility of application for organisations. Under Section 18BB the Commissioner may ...
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- Spam Act 2003 (Cth)
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An Act about spam, and for related purposes.
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- Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 (Cth)
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An Act to prohibit the interception of telecommunications except where authorised in special circumstances or for the purpose of tracing the location of callers in emergencies, and for related purposes.
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- Australian Capital Territory
- Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997 (ACT)
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An Act to provide for the privacy and integrity of, and access to, personal health information, and for related purposes.
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- Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997 (ACT)
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An Act to provide for the privacy and integrity of, and access to, personal health information.
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- Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT)
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An Act to respect, protect and promote human rights.
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- New South Wales
- Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW)
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An Act to make provision for the protection of health records and information.
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- Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW)
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An Act to provide for the protection of personal information, and for the protection of the privacy of individuals generally; to provide for the appointment of a Privacy Commissioner; to repeal the Privacy Committee Act 1975; and for other purposes.
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- Northern Territory
- Information Act 2002 (NT)
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An Act to provide for public access to information held by the public sector, to provide for the correction of personal information held by the public sector, to provide for the responsible collection and handling of personal information by the public sector, to promote ...
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- Queensland
- Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 (QLD)
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An Act to make provision for the licensing and control of credit reporting agents, for regulating the use of listening devices.
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- Victoria
- Health Records Act 2001 (Vic)
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The purpose of this Act is to promote fair and responsible handling of health information by: protecting the privacy of an individual's health information that is held in the public and private sectors; providing individuals with a right of access to their health ...
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- Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic)
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The main purposes of this Act are: to establish a regime for the responsible collection and handling of personal information in the Victorian public sector; to provide individuals with rights of access to information about them held by organisations, including information ...
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- Surveillance Devices Act 1999 (Vic)
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An Act to regulate the installation, use and maintenance of surveillance devices and restrict the publication of information gained from their use, to repeal the Listening Devices Act 1969, to amend the Evidence Act 1958 and for other purposes.
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- Courts & tribunals and their decisions
- Organisations
- Australia
- Electronic Frontiers Australia
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Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc. is a non-profit national organisation representing Internet users concerned with on-line freedoms and rights. EFA was formed in January 1994 and incorporated under South Australian law in May 1994. The site provides information about ...
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- Commonwealth
- Australian Privacy Foundation
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The Australian Privacy Foundation is the main non-governmental organisation dedicated to protecting the privacy rights of Australians. The Foundation aims to focus public attention on emerging issues which pose a threat to the freedom and privacy of Australians.
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- Victoria
- Privacy at Monash University
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Provides useful information about the Victorian privacy laws, as well as the Monash University privacy policy.
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Organisations - Government
- Australia
- Commonwealth
- Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner
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The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner is an independent Office. It's purpose is to promote an Australian culture that respects privacy. The web site provides specific privacy information for various groups in the community, information about federal privacy law, as ...
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- New South Wales
- Privacy NSW : Office of the New South Wales Privacy Commissioner
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Privacy NSW is the Office of the New South Wales Privacy Commissioner. The Office was created in 1999 when new legislation replaced the Privacy Committee of New South Wales which was established in 1975. The web site includes information about the Privacy and Personal ...
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- Victoria
- Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner
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Privacy Victoria, the Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner, is an independent statutory office created by the Information Privacy Act 2000. The web site includes information about the Act, reports, publications, news, information sheets and speeches on privacy ...
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Publications
- Australia
- Privacy in Australia
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This paper briefly sets out; the role of the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, how the Privacy Act 1998(Cth) protects the personal information of all Australians, an overview of privacy regulation or development in other States and Territories, and some of the key ...
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- Privacy Law and Policy Reporter
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This database contains the archival volumes of Privacy Law & Policy Reporter (PLPR), a monthly review and analysis of privacy laws, policies and intrusions, focussing on Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia-Pacific. The current volume of PLPR, and any issues published within ...
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- Commonwealth
- Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia (ALRC 96)
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This ALRC Report represents the culmination of a major, two-year inquiry by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) and the Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). It covers an extensive range of activities ...
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- Keeping secrets: the protection of classified and security sensitive information
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In March 2003, the federal Attorney-General asked the ALRC to examine existing mechanisms to safeguard classified material or security sensitive material during court and tribunal proceedings or other investigations (such as those relating to FOI applications). The report ...
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- Publications Index, Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner
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This page links to a large number of submissions and reports including the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner Annual Reports. The documents are available for downloading in a number of formats.
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- Report of Independent Review of Part 1D of the Crimes Act 1914 - Forensic Procedures
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This report derives from section 23YV of the Crimes Act 1914 which requires an independent review of Part 1D of that Act relating to forensic procedures, particularly the use of DNA material for law enforcement purposes.
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- Victoria
- Model terms for transborder data flows of personal information
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This guide provides model clauses for the transfer of personal information outside Victoria, together with commentary about the clauses.
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- Privacy Aware
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Privacy Aware is the newsletter of the Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner, summarising local privacy developments, providing information and clarification and keeping an eye on the bigger national and international picture.
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- Privacy law: options for reform: information paper
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The paper provides background for the Victorian Law Reform Commission's project to examine the coverage of privacy protection in Victoria and advise on priority areas for reform.
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- Privacy Victoria: Publications: Reports and Papers
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This page provides links to reports and papers from the Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner. Best viewed with browsers version 5 and above.
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- Workplace Privacy - Final Report
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The publication of the Final Report is as a result of an extensive investigation into the workplace privacy and workers' rights. The Victorian Law Reform Commission has inquired into and reported progressively on whether legislative or other reforms should be made to ensure ...
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- Workplace privacy : issues paper
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The Commission is focussing on the way in which workers' privacy can be protected. As part of this process, an Issues Paper has been produced.
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International
- Privacy and human rights
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Each year, Privacy International and the Electronic Privacy Information Center review the state of privacy in over fifty countries around the world. The survey examines a wide range of privacy issues including, data protection, telephone tapping, genetic databases, ID ...
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- Privacy Online: Policy and Practical Guidance
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This report includes policy and practical guidance for implementing privacy protection online. It is addressed to OECD member countries, business and other organisations,individual users and consumers. The report is available in Pdf or Word format.
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New Zealand
- Privacy Law and Policy Reporter
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This database contains the archival volumes of Privacy Law & Policy Reporter (PLPR), a monthly review and analysis of privacy laws, policies and intrusions, focussing on Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia-Pacific. The current volume of PLPR, and any issues published within ...
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United States
- EPIC Alert
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The online newsletter of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. The Alert is bi-weekly and covers issues related to privacy and civil liberties in the information age. Also available at http://www.epic.org/alert/
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International resources
- Canada
- Privacy Commissioner of Canada
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Includes links to media releases, speeches, reports and relevant legislation for privacy in Canada.
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- Privacy Commissioner of Canada
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The findings of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada are made available on the Commissioner's official web site.
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- International
- Privacy International
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Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. PI has conducted campaigns throughout the world on issues ranging from ...
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- United Kingdom
- Information Commissioner : responsible for data protection & freedom of information
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This site includes information on the Data Protection Act 1998 (UK) and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (UK), as well as links to publications and conferences.
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- United States
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
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EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
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- PrivacyLaw.net
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PrivacyLaw.net is an online resource for information on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and other privacy-related legal issues.
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Other indexes/links
International
- Privacy & FOI law project
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This project aims to make searchable from one location all of the databases specialising in Privacy and FOI law available on any of the Legal Information Institutes (LIIs) that are part of WorldLII.
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- WorldLII - Privacy
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Links to world-wide legislation, case law, codes of conduct, organisations, publications, etc.
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Journals
Plain language materials
Policy and Research
- Australia
- Do Australians have a legal right to privacy?
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This Research Note briefly examines the law of privacy in Australia—both legislation and common law—to highlight the fact that while the law is able to offer some protections, there is currently no legal right to privacy. Although the courts are moving towards recognising ...
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Reviews and Investigations
Research Guides by Jurisdiction
- International
- Caslon Analytics Privacy Guide
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This excellent guide identifies key Australian and overseas privacy legislation. It points to government agencies and interest groups, highlights significant online reports and discusses the major literature on privacy in the digital environment. Caslon Analytics Pty Ltd is ...
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