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Consumer Data Right Privacy Safeguard Guidelines

Our Privacy Safeguard Guidelines outline how the Information Commissioner will interpret and apply the privacy safeguards when exercising the functions and powers relating to the privacy safeguards under Part IVD of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, which establishes the Consumer Data Right. Under s 56EQ(1)(a) of this Act, the Information Commissioner has the power to make ‘guidelines for the avoidance of acts or practices that may breach the privacy safeguards’.

Summary of version changes to CDR Privacy Safeguard Guidelines

Download the complete print version (version 4.0, November 2022).

Chapters A to C

Chapter A: Introductory matters

Chapter B: Key concepts

Chapter C: Consent – The basis for collecting and using CDR data

Chapters 1 to 13

Chapter 1: Privacy Safeguard 1 – Open and transparent management of CDR data

Chapter 2: Privacy Safeguard 2 – Anonymity and pseudonymity

Chapter 3: Privacy Safeguard 3 – Seeking to collect CDR data from CDR participants

Chapter 4: Privacy Safeguard 4 – Dealing with unsolicited CDR data from CDR participants

Chapter 5: Privacy Safeguard 5 – Notifying of the collection of CDR data

Chapter 6: Privacy Safeguard 6 – Use of disclosure of CDR data by accredited data recipients or designated gateways

Chapter 7: Privacy Safeguard 7 – Use or disclosure of CDR data for direct marketing by accredited data recipients or designated gateways

Chapter 8: Privacy Safeguard 8 – Overseas disclosure of CDR data by accredited data recipients

Chapter 9: Privacy Safeguard 9 – Adoption or disclosure of government related identifiers by accredited data recipients

Chapter 10: Privacy Safeguard 10 – Notifying of disclosure of CDR data

Chapter 11: Privacy Safeguard 11 – Quality of CDR data

Chapter 12: Privacy Safeguard 12 – Security of CDR data and destruction or de-identification of redundant CDR data

Chapter 13: Privacy Safeguard 13 – Correction of CDR data

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