11.02.2016
ALRC submission: Exposure Draft Privacy Amendment (Notification of Serious Data Breaches) Bill 2015
Dear Sir/Madam,ALRC Submission: Exposure draft Privacy Amendment (Notification of Serious Data Breaches) Bill 2015I refer to the invitation for submissions on the exposure draft Privacy Amendment (Notification of Serious Data Breaches) Bill 2015 (the Bill).The Bill would amend the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to insert a new pt IIIC, which would define when a ‘serious …
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Submission to the inquiry into the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012
Inquiry of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs.
Read more28.09.2011
Australian Privacy Law & Practice – Key Recommendations for Health Information Privacy Reform
Speech by Professor Rosalind Croucher* at the Managing Patient Confidentiality & Information Governance Forum, 22 August 2011, Melbourne.1. IntroductionTo help focus my presentation today I thought it would be useful to reflect on an ‘information timeline’ to provide a backdrop for a consideration of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s work on privacy.Information timeline1982 Freedom of …
Read more28.10.2010
ALRC submission to the inquiry into the Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
28 October 2010 Mr Hamish Hansford Committee Secretary Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs PO Box 6100 CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Mr Hansford, The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs’ inquiry into the Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill …
Read more23.07.2010
ALRC submission to the inquiry into exposure drafts of Australian privacy amendment legislation
Ms Christine McDonaldSecretary, Legislation CommitteeSenate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration 23 July 2010 Dear Ms McDonald Inquiry into exposure drafts of Australian privacy amendment legislation The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) welcomes the release of the Australian Privacy Principles Exposure Draft and Companion Guide as a major plank in the implementation of the …
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Terms of Reference
Review of the Privacy Act 1988 I, Philip Ruddock, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to: the rapid advances in information, communication, storage, surveillance and other relevant technologiespossible changing community perceptions of privacy and the extent to which it should be protected by legislationthe expansion of State and Territory legislative activity in relevant areas, and emerging areas …
Read more16.10.2009
ALRC submission to inquiry into the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009
16 October 2009, The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) makes the following submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 (Cth) (the Bill). The ALRC does not intend to provide detailed comments on the issues raised by the Bill. However, the ALRC would like …
Read more14.08.2009
Government gives giant ‘tick’ to ALRC privacy recommendations
The Australian Law Reform Commission has welcomed today’s announcement by the federal Government that it will implement a large portion of the recommendations of the ALRC’s review of Australian privacy laws.The first stage of the Australian Government’s formal response to For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (ALRC 108) considers 197 of the 295 …
Read more12.08.2008
For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (ALRC Report 108)
ALRC Report 108 (tabled August 2008) represents the culmination of a 28-month inquiry into the extent to which the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and related laws continue to provide an effective framework for the protection of privacy in Australia.This Inquiry resulted in a three-volume report, containing 74 chapters and 295 recommendations for reform.The central theme …
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Media Briefing – Simplifying and harmonising privacy law and practice
11 August 2008, Privacy Inquiry A consolidated set of privacy principles The Privacy Act provides different sets of Privacy Principles for the handling of personal information by government agencies and by private sector organisations. Contractors to the Australian Government, government business enterprises, and those involved in public-private partnerships may be bound to comply with both …
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