A7.1 Objectives of the Privacy Act 1993 (29/11/2010)

The objectives of the Privacy Act 1993 include:

1. promoting and protecting individual privacy;
2. establishing principles for collecting, using, and disclosing information about individuals; and
3. establishing principles for allowing each individual access to information about them that is held by public and private sector agencies; and
4. providing for the appointment of a Privacy Commissioner to investigate complaints about interferences with individual privacy.

Effective 29/11/2010