[Year 12 IPM] Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act

[Andrew Meyenn]

Not so. It is dangerous to apply the $3m literally without reading the
provisions of the act.

See
http://www.ag.gov.au/agd/WWW/agdHome.nsf/Page/Privacy_Law_Private_Sector_Fact_sheets_Small_Business

They are not excempt if they are a medical practise, for example. Also,
the act has some other UNLESS THEY clasues:

======================see below==========================

After the legislation commences, all small businesses will continue to
be exempt from the legislation unless they:

provide a health service to another individual and hold health
information (except in employee records); 
disclose personal information about another individual to third parties
for a benefit, service or advantage (unless with the consent of the
individual or in accordance with legislation); 
collect personal information about another individual from third parties
by providing a benefit, service or advantage (unless with the consent of
the individual or in accordance with legislation); 
are contracted to provide a service to the Commonwealth; or 
are prescribed by regulation as being covered by the legislation. 


>>> joseph.papaleo at igs.vic.edu.au 05/26/05 11:37 AM >>>
Question for those of you who have assessed exam papers in the past.

 

With regards to the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act, companies
turning over less than $3million do not have to follow the guidelines.

 

In an exam, if a question was posed

A small company (scenario given regarding issues to do with storage,
back-up procedures, etc ...)

Describe how the Privacy Laws impact on this business.

 

If the student responded with:

"As it is a small company and most likely earned less than $3million, it
does not have to satisfy the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act"

 

Will the student earn full marks?

 

 

Joseph Papaleo

 

Head of I.T. (Curriculum)

Plenty campus

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