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| Watch for Privacy |
The Privacy Amendment Act ("the Act") starts on 21 December 2001 and governs collection, use, disclosure and storage of personal and sensitive information. It applies to organisations that have a turnover of more than $3m per year or are:
- Federal Government contractors;
- health service providers; or
- organisations that collect or disclose personal information.
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The new Act gives your customers and suppliers the right to ask the Privacy Commissioner to order you to pay damages for breaches of an individual’s privacy or to give a public apology, or to implement procedures to prevent further breaches. To avoid exposure you should immediately:
- identify whether you are affected;
- nominate a privacy officer to achieve compliance;
- get legal advice on your marketing programme in connection with personal information and security;
- conduct a privacy audit of personal and sensitive information.
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| We are giving clients strategic advice on the steps they should take to comply with the Act including Consents, Information Audits and Security Audits. |
| See our additional article "Privacy Now Universal" for further compliance obligations. |
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