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If the Privacy Act 1988 covers your organisation, you need to understand your obligations when handling personal information. The Privacy Act covers organisations with an annual turnover of more than $3 million and some other organisations.

Rights and responsibilities Guidance and advice Tips for good privacy practice

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Privacy and your organisation

Small business

Does the Privacy Act cover your small business?

Start-ups

Get privacy right from the ground up

Privacy by design

Assess privacy risks early in a design to minimise them

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Credit reporting

Find out if you have consumer credit reporting obligations

Employee records exemption

Which employee records aren’t covered by the Privacy Act

Selling a business

Privacy issues a vendor or potential purchaser should know

Trading in personal information

The Privacy Act applies if you trade in personal information