Non-government organisations (NGOs) are now covered by the Commonwealth Privacy Act. Changes to the Act, which came into force in December 2001, will affect the way in which many organisations can collect, use and disclose individuals' personal information.

The legislation gives people greater control over how their information is used and provides safeguards for certain types of particularly sensitive information.

While many NGOs need to comply with the new laws, there is still a lot of uncertainty in the community sector about who the Privacy Act applies to and what it means for an organisation’s policies and procedures.

This seminar provided an introduction to:

• The 10 National Privacy Principles (NPPs),
• Which organisations are covered by the new laws, and
• What you must do in order to comply with them.

Conference Papers
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Key Speakers:

• Alison Choy Flannigan, Special Counsel, Blake Dawson Waldron
  34kb PDF download
• Paul Armstrong, Director, Policy - Office of the Federal Privacy Commisioner
  241kb PDF download

Additional material:

• Privacy Acts 1988 - extracts
  42kb PDF download