The newly strengthened Privacy Act delivers a clear message to private sector organisations that it's time to adopt practices that protect the personal information of Australians, Federal Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton said today. The Office will be working with the National Office for the Information Economy on this enterprise. The Federal Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton, today confirmed that the absence of appropriate security measures in the Treasury Department's GST-Assist website, prior to 29 June 2000 was a breach of the Federal Privacy Act. Federal Privacy Commissioner , Malcolm Crompton attended the first meeting of the new Privacy Committee of South Australia in Adelaide today.
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. Technology doesn't have to be pitted against privacy, said Federal Privacy Commissioner , Malcolm Crompton during the launch of his Office's strategic plan , today. I welcome the introduction of the separation legislation and look forward to working through the many privacy challenges ahead. However, sites where DoubleClick technology is used may not give adequate notice to the user that this technology is being employed to track their activities, build a database of their shopping preferences and deliver personalised advertising.