- Commonwealth privacy regulation
- State privacy regulation
- International privacy regulation
- Industry privacy guidelines and codes
Commonwealth privacy regulation
- Australian Law Reform Commission's Issues Paper No.31 on Privacy
- Privacy Commissioner's review of the private sector provisions of the Privacy Act 1988
- Privacy Act 1988
- Do Not Call Register Act 2006
- Do Not Call Register (Consequential Amendments) Act 2006
- National Privacy Principles
- Guidelines to the National Privacy Principles
- Information Privacy Principles
- Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
- Tax File Number Guidelines
- Federal Privacy Commissioner
- Credit Reporting Code of Conduct
- Spam Act 2003
- General Information about Spam from the Australian Media and Communications Authority
- Australian eMarketing Code of Practice 2005
State privacy regulation
For a detailed overview of State privacy regulation, check the State legislation page.
Australian Capital Territory
Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997
New South Wales
Privacy and Personal Information Act
NSW Workplace Surveillance
Act 2005
Health Records and Information Privacy
Act
Office of the NSW Privacy Commissioner
Northern Territory
Ombudsman
Surveillance Devices Act 2000
Information Act
Queensland
Invasion of Privacy Act 1971
South Australia
Listening and Surveillance Devices Act 1972
Tasmania
Listening Devices
Act 1991
Personal Information Privacy
Act 2004
User Guide to Freedom of Information in Tasmania
Western Australia
Office of the Information
Commissioner
Surveillance Devices
Act 1998
Victoria
Surveillance Devices
Act 1999
Surveillance Devices (Workplace Privacy)
Act 2006
Information Privacy Act 2000
Health Records
Act
2001
International privacy regulation
- APEC Privacy Framework
- OECD Guidelines
- EU Privacy Directive
- Safe Harbor Portal - US Department of Commerce
Industry privacy guidelines and codes
- ACIF Industry Code for the Protection of Personal Information of Customers of Telecommunications Providers
- Internet Industry Association Privacy Virtual Taskforce
- Australian Direct Marketing Association Code of Practice
- Australian Bankers Association Code of Banking Practice
- EFT Code of Conduct
- Building Society Code of Practice
- Credit Union Code of Practice
- AMA Code of Ethics
- National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Code of Practice
