Progress

Current status
adopted
14 Dec 1988 adopted

Scope

Implementers
Australia
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

14 Dec 1988
adopted

Adopted Privacy Act 1988 regulating personal information protection in electronic commerce

On 14 December 1988, the Australian Legislative Assembly adopts the Privacy Act. The Act is aimed at protecting the privacy of individuals and regulating how Australian Government agencies and organisations handle personal information. The Act intro…

Source
Event type law
Action type adoption
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament

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