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New South Wales - Legislation

Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (1998 - )

From
1998
Categories
Principal Act
Alternative Names
  • PIPP (acronym)
Website
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/papipa1998464/

The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (PIPP) deals with how NSW government agencies manage personal information. It applies to state government agencies, statutory or declared authorities, the police service and local councils. The Act also sets out the role of the NSW Privacy Commissioner. It does not apply to health records and does not apply to private information gathered by non-government (private) agencies. Information from private agencies could potentially be sought through the Commonwealth (Australian) Privacy Act 1988. In 2014 the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 was current.

Related Legislation

  • Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (2009 - )

    The Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPAA) and the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 are the two pieces of legislation that regulate access to information from the New South Wales Government.

Publications

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: Information and Privacy Commission New South Wales, http://www.ipc.nsw.gov.au/privacy/ipc_index.html; O'Neill, Cate, 'Privacy Act 1988 (1988 - )', in Find & Connect web resource, Find & Connect web resource project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2014, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/australia/biogs/FE00127b.htm.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry