Business Guidelines

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Private sector guidelines:

• Guidelines to the National Privacy Principles (advisory)
• Guidelines on Privacy Code Development (binding and advisory)
  • The Prescribed Standards in the Privacy (Private Sector) Regulations 2001
• Tax File Number Guidelines (binding)
• Public Interest Determination Procedure Guidelines (advisory)
• Guidelines on Workplace E-mail, Web Browsing and Privacy (advisory)
• For Directors. Privacy and Boards: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You (May 2004) - PDF (advisory)
• NEW! Guide to handling personal information security breaches (August 2008) - PDF, Word (advisory)

Guidelines to the National Privacy Principles (September 2001)

To assist organisations in understanding their obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (the Office) has developed a set of guidelines that give organisations helpful information about the National Privacy Principles (NPPs). For organisations that want more detailed explanations, good practice or compliance tips, the Office has also released a number of information sheets. These information sheets supersede the versions released by the Office earlier in the year. The former information sheets, are still relevant and may still be of assistance, however, organisations are encouraged to refer to the more recent versions where applicable. Organisations subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act have needed to comply with the NPPs or an approved privacy code when handling personal information since 21 December 2001. Some small businesses have needed to comply with the Act from 21 December 2002.

Guidelines to the National Privacy Principles - HTML, PDF, Word, RTF, Zip

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Guidelines on Privacy Code Development (September 2001)

The following version of the Guidelines on Privacy Code Development includes the prescribed standards, as referred to in section 18BB(3)(a)(i) of the Act. The prescribed standards can be found in Appendix A.

Guidelines on Privacy Code Development - HTML, PDF, Word, RTF, Zip

The Prescribed Standards in the Privacy (Private Sector) Regulations 2001

"Section 18BB(3) of the Privacy Act says that before a code that has procedures for making and dealing with complaints can be approved, the Commissioner must be satisfied that the procedures meet the prescribed standards.

Here is a copy of the Prescribed Standards in the Privacy (Private Sector) Regulations 2001. For the latest version please go to the ComLaw . The versions below were last updated on 27/9/2001.

Prescribed Standards - Word, RTF, Zip

Please Note: These documents have been provided by SCALEplus. The most up-to-date version of these document are available at their website http://www.comlaw.gov.au/

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