The Federal Privacy Commissioner's submission to Senate Select Committee on Information Technologies, Inquiry into E-Privacy is now available. The Federal Privacy Commissioner's submission to the Inquiry by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs is now available. Bill by the Attorney-General , Daryl Williams in the Commonwealth Parliament today. The inquiry, undertaken by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, investigated the creation of a national scheme to provide for the collection, holding, use, correction, disclosure and transfer of personal information by private sector organisations. Bill 2000 was introduced into Parliament on 12 April 2000.
Privacy is a fundamental human right that needs to be respected in a modern democracy.
It is for this reason that I welcome the Government's move to extend privacy legislation to the private sector.