[Year 12 IPM] Legislation

[Mark Kelly]

I just noticed something interesting.

According to the new study design's glossary in the definition of "Legal 
obligations" it says...

"For the purposes of this study the key provisions of the following laws 
are relevant: Privacy Act 1988, Information Privacy Act 2000, Health 
Records Act 2001 and the Copyright Act 1968."

Three interesting things...

1.  The Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) 2000 that was relevant to 
IPM is now *NO LONGER* relevant -  and of the two copyright laws, this 
is the more interesting one for ITA.

2.  The Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 is also *NO LONGER* 
relevant.

3.  The glossary has messed up the name of (what I assume must be) 'The 
Information Privacy Act, Victoria 2000'

Why, I wonder, has it included a Victorian law and left out the Federal 
law?

It would be interesting to know if this is a deliberate decision by VCAA 
or whether the glossary is just plain wrong again, like the beloved "56 
bps modem"  :-)


-- 
Mark Kelly
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McKinnon Secondary College
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