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Privacy Act 1988
Parliament of Australia
Long title
An Act to make provision to protect the privacy of individuals,
and for related purpose
Citation
Privacy Act 1988
Enacted by
House of Representatives
Enacted
1988
Administered by
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Status: Amended
The Privacy Act 1988 is an Australian law dealing with privacy.
Section 14 of the Act stipulates a number of privacy rights known as the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). These principles apply to Australian Government and Australian Capital Territory agencies or private sector organizations contracted to these governments, organizations and small businesses who provide a health service, as well as to private organizations with an annual turnover exceeding AUD$3M (with some specific exceptions).[1] The principles govern when and how personal information can be collected by these entities. Information can only be collected if it is relevant to the agencies' functions. Upon this collection, that law mandates that Australians have the right to know why information about them is being acquired and who will see the information. Those in charge of storing the information have obligations to ensure such information is neither lost nor exploited. An Australian will also have the right to access the information unless this is specifically prohibited by law.[1]
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collected. PrivacyAct1988 Telecommunications Act 1997 National Health Act 1953 Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 Crimes Act 1914 Anti-Money...
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and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which aimed to increase privacy precautions within medical institutions. The history of medical privacy traces back to the...
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privacy legislation. Under the 2010 amendments to the PrivacyAct (1988) the Information Commissioner became the Commissioner with respect to privacy...
and disappear. In Australia, the PrivacyAct1988 deals with the protection of individual privacy, using the OECD Privacy Principles from the 1980s to set...
information. The Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (VPPA) was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan to preserve the privacy of people's information...
served as Privacy Commissioner, initially at HREOC and then at two other Offices: On 1 January 1989 the PrivacyAct1988 established the Privacy Commissioner...
Bank Secrecy Act, Right to Financial PrivacyAct, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Provisions within other laws like the...
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which identify the deponent, and this information is subject to the PrivacyAct1988. A notary must protect the personal information the notary holds from...
Reform Commission Surveillance Devices Act 2004 Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 PrivacyAct1988 Mass surveillance in Australia Telecommunications...
comprehensive information privacy law, but rather having adopted limited sectoral laws in some areas like the California Consumer PrivacyAct (CCPA). The German...
seizure", but did not directly mention the concept of privacy. In 1983, the federal PrivacyAct regulated how federal government collects, uses and discloses...
(Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (taxation rules in respect to insurance e.g. Division 78) PrivacyAct1988 (The National Privacy Principles) Further regulations...
the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, and amended the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 and PrivacyAct1988. The CDR legislation provides...
information. On 2018, Australia Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 went into effect. This amended the PrivacyAct1988 (Cth), which had established...
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