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Privacy Act Review Issues Paper submission

Download our submission [1,549KB] (11 December 2020)

Executive summary

Part 1: Objectives of the Privacy Act

Part 2: Definition of personal information

Part 3: Flexibility of the APPs in regulating and protecting privacy

Part 4: Exemptions

Part 5: Notice and consent

Part 6: Fairness and reasonableness requirements for entities

Part 7: Organisational accountability requirement for entities

Part 8: Overseas data flows

Part 9: Enforcement powers under the Privacy Act and role of the OAIC

Part 10: Direct right of action

Part 11: Statutory tort

Part 12: Notifiable Data Breaches scheme: impact and effectiveness

Part 13: Interaction between the Act and other regulatory schemes
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