This text provides a detailed guide to the operation of the Commonwealth Privacy Act's ten National Privacy Principles (NPPs) regulating privacy in the private sector. The text will assist practitioners advising organisations on compliance requirements under the NPPs and when responding to complaints by consumers and formal investigations by the Privacy Commissioner.

The 4th edition has been updated to May 2009 to cover developments since the previous edition in January 2007, including:

• over 40 new Federal Court cases and Commissioner case notes;

• new information sheets and other publications from the Commissioner;

• ALRC inquiry into privacy laws and subsequent report and recommendations;

• Government response to ALRC enquiry;

• legislative amendments.

Key features: 

The text includes:

• full text of NPPs;

• comprehensive annotations to the NPP;

• summaries of the Privacy Commissioner’s case notes and Federal Court cases;

• cross-references to the Commissioner’s codes, guidelines, information sheets and other publications;

• detailed chapter on coverage of the Act, including exemptions;

• compliance tips;

• step-by-step guides and precedent privacy statements.

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