PART I - INFORMATION PRIVACY

PRIVACY ACT 1988 (CTH)

      Coverage

      National Privacy Principles

            Summary of NPPs

            Annotated NPPs

      Special Provisions

            Sensitive Information

            Health Information

            Credit Reporting

            Tax File Numbers

            Direct Marketing

      Approved Privacy Codes

      Investigations

      Enforcement

      Miscellaneous

      Practical Issues

            Implementing Policies & Procedures to Comply With NPPs

            Developing a Privacy Statement (Step-By-Step Guide)

            Information & Consents to Provide & Collect at Collection

            Contractors

            Agents

            Obtaining Consent

            Minors and Young People

            Changes in Business Circumstances

            Sale of Business

            Monitoring Use of Workplace Computers, E-mail & Internet

            E-commerce & the Internet

                  Website & email

                  Online services & practices

            Digital Document Storage

            RFID Tags

            Job Applicants, Recruitment & Pre-employment Checks

            Medical History Taking

            Changes in Health Service Providers by Individual

            Genetic Information

            Industry Specific Issues

                  Health

                  Superannuation

                  Direct marketing

                  Financial Services

                  Airlines

                  Petroleum

                  Insurance

                  Media

                  Education

                  Sporting Clubs

                  Credit Reporting

HEALTH RECORDS

      A.C.T. - Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997

            Coverage of Act

            Privacy Principles

            Obtaining Health Information & Health Status Reports

            Right of Access

            Complaints & Requests to Review

            Investigations

            Miscellaneous            

      N.S.W. - Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002

            Coverage of Act

            Health Privacy Principles

            Retention of Information by Health Service Providers

            Access

            Amending Information

            Complaints

            Inquiries & Investigations by Commissioner

            Inquiries by Tribunal

            Office of Privacy Commissioner

            Health Privacy Codes of Practice

            Miscellaneous

      Vic. - Health Records Act 2001

            Coverage of Act

            Right of Access

            Responding to Request for Access

            Enforcement

            Complaints

            Miscellaneous

            Health Privacy Principles

      Practical Issues

            Compliance Policies & Procedures Checklist

            Developing a Privacy Statement

            Information & Consents to Provide & Collect at Time of Collection

            Securing Information

            Inconsistent Statutes

            Genetic Information

            Capacity

            Minors & Young People

            Electronic Health Records

            National Health Privacy Code

            Frequently Asked Questions

OTHER SOURCES

     Health Information

      Credit Reporting

            Qld.  - Invasion of Privacy Act 1971

            S.A.  - Fair Trading Act 1987

            Vic.   - Credit Reporting Act 1978

     Confidential Information

      Spent Convictions

            Cth.     - Crimes Act 1914

            N.S.W. - Criminal Records Act 1991

                          Crimes Act 1900

            N.T.     - Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992

            Qld.      - Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986

            W.A.    - Spent Convictions Act 1988

      Telecommunications - Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth)

            Industry Codes

            Industry Standards

            Direct Legislative Provisions

      Miscellaneous

            Spam Act 2003

            Codes of Practice

            Direct Marketing

                Door-to-door sales

                Telemarketing

                Codes of conduct

            Financial Products

            Disclosures by Airlines, Shippers and Travel Agents

            Fair Reporting in Trade and Commerce

            Birth, Death and Marriage Registers

            Adoption Information

            Private Sector Privacy Complaints - N.S.W.

            Employment & Industrial Relations

      Commonwealth legislation - Workplace Relations Act 1996

      State Legislation - employee records

      Tax File Numbers

      Spent Convictions

      Credit Reference Reports

Tenancy Databases

Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs)

      Step-by-step guide to conducting a PIA

International Privacy Directives, Guidelines & Standards

      OECD

      European Union

      APEC

      UNESCO

      International security standards

Company Registers

Constitutional Freedom of Political Association & Privacy

PART II - PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATIONS   

Listening Devices

      Cth.      - Telecommunications (Interceptions) Act 1979                

      A.C.T.   - Listening Devices Act 1992

      N.S.W.  - Listening Devices Act 1984

      N.T.      - Surveillance Devices Act 2000

      Qld.      - Invasion of Privacy Act 1971

      S.A.      - Listening and Surveillance Devices Act 1972

      Tas.      - Listening Devices Act 1991

      Vic.       - Surveillance Devices Act 1999

      W.A.     - Surveillance Devices Act 1998

Miscellaneous

      Aged Care

      Supported Residential Facilities & Nursing Homes

      Health Service Privacy Complaints

      Mental Health

      Victims of Crime     

      Employment & Industrial Relations

Practical Issues

      Participant Monitoring

PART III -  PRIVACY FROM SURVEILLANCE   

Surveillance Devices

      N.S.W. -  Workplace Surveillance Act 2005

                   Taxi Security Cameras

      N.T.      - Surveillance Devices Act 2000

      Vic .      - Surveillance Devices Act 1999

                    Taxi Security Cameras

      W.A.     - Surveillance Devices Act 1998

Miscellaneous

      Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

      Aged Care

      Supported Residential Facilities & Nursing Homes

      Health Service Privacy Complaints

      Mental Health

      Employment & Industrial Relations

            Employers must exercise powers reasonably

            Workplace computer and internet usage policies

      Criminal Laws & Indecent Surveillance

Practical Issues

      Video surveillance compliance issues

      RFID Tags

PART IV - PRIVACY OF THE BODY   

Statutory & Common Law Sources

      Employment & Industrial Relations

            Drug testing

            DNA testing

            Lie detectors

      Aged Care

      Supported Residential Facilities & Nursing Homes

      Health Service Privacy Complaints

      Mental Health

Practical Issues

      Employment & Industrial Relations

            Development of drug & alcohol testing policies

PART V - PRIVACY OF SPACE   

Statutory & Common Law Sources

      Residential Tenancy Agreements

      Employment & Industrial Relations

            Control of conduct outside of working hours

            Bag, parcel and locker searches

      Retirement Villages

      Aged Care

      Supported Residential Facilities & Nursing Homes

      Health Service Privacy Complaints

      Mental Health

      Privacy at Common Law

            Developments towards tort of invasion of privacy

                   Australia

                   England

                   New Zealand

            Tort of invasion of privacy in QLD - Grosse v Purvis

                   Facts of case

                   Elements of action

                   Defences

                   Scope of action

                   Impact of decision

Practical Issues

      Workplace Searches of Bags, Desks, Parcels, Lockers etc.

            Developing a policy