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• Australia - Privacy Laws [Search]
  Provides access to Australian federal laws relevant to privacy (on Australian Privacy Foundation - APF)
• Commonwealth Electoral legislation (Provision of Information) Act 2000 (Cth)
  (on AustLII)
• Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
  (on AustLII)
• Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Part IIIA - Credit Reporting
  Inserted by the Privacy Amendment Act 1990(Cth). Credit reporting agencies (and some activities of the credit grantors that use them) are bound by the much more specific set of principles. However, the 'Part IIIA principles' cover most if not all of the same ground as do the s14 IPPs.
• Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), s14 - Information Privacy Principles [Search]
  The Commonwealth public sector is bound by the eleven s14 IPPs
• Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), s14 - Information Privacy Principles - Plain English Guidelines to collecting personal information [Search]
  Australian Privacy Commissioner's views covering IPPs 1 to 3. These IPPs are capable of causing major changes to organisational practices, as the Commissioner has given them a strong interpretation (1995) 2 PLPR 74)
• Privacy Amendment (Office of the Privacy Commissioner) Act 2000
  (on AustLII)
• Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 - A privacy scheme for the private sector - Key Provisions [Search]
  Roger Clarke, Australian National University argues that the proposed legislation will not be worth supporting
• Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 - Australian businesses overseas under the 2000 Bill [Search]
  Extract from Paper 'Exporting and importing personal data' given by Graham Greenleaf National Privacy and Data Protection Summit, IBC Conferences - Sydney 17 & 18 May 2000. This article explores reasons why overseas internet sites may be caught by the Australian Act
• Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 - Exporting and importing personal data [Search]
  Paper given by Graham Greenleaf, National Privacy and Data Protection Summit IBC Conferences - Sydney 17 & 18 May 2000. A discussion of whether the Australian Bill is likely to receive a finding of 'adequacy' from the EU's A31 Committee
• Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 - Government tables new privacy legislation [Search]
  Article by Tim Dixon, Baker & McKenzie,(for publication in Telemedia) The article provides a good brief summary of the Bill
• Privacy Amendment Act 1990 (Cth)
  (on AustLII)
• Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 (Cth)
  The Act provides significant privacy protection, including in relation to interception of personal information via the internet (on AustLII)
• Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 (Cth) - Interception on the internet - the risks for ISPs [Search]
  Article by Graham Greenleaf, (1996) 3 PLPR 93. The Act poses unexpected potential dangers for internet service providers (ISPs), employers and others who may (intentionally or otherwise) monitor, copy or otherwise deal with communications passing through their facilities
• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 1997 (Cth) - Telcommunications interception - extending the reach or maintaining the status quo [Search]
  Article by Nigel Waters, (1997) 4 PLPR 110. The article details amendments to interception provisions, and particularly the need to obtain a warrant, in the Bill