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Selected APF Papers Sorted by Policy Topic
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This document lists papers sorted into the policy-areas
to which they are relevant.
This index reflects work undertaken by the APF up to
31 December 2009.
The index is comprehensive since 2002. It also includes key
documents dating back to 1987,
and papers by APF's sibling organisation the Australian
Privacy Charter Council (1994-2002).
See also the primary Papers index,
which lists the papers in chronological order, most recent first. A companion
document
lists them by
jurisdictions. See also the Campaigns pages.
Contents
Banking
Census
'Counter-Terrorism' (see
also Criminal Law Enforcement and Telecommunications Interception
& Access)
- PIA re Verification under the AML-CTF Act, to Clth A/G's Dept (August 2009)
- AusCheck Amendment Bill 2009 (Cth), to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee (June 2009)
- AML-CTF legislation - Second Tranche,
to Minister for Finance and Deregulation (December 2007)
- AML-CTF legislation - Second Tranche,
to Shadow Attorney-General (September 2007)
- AML-CTF legislation - Second Tranche,
to Attorney-General's Dept (September 2007)
- Subm. to Cth AGs Dept re
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Bill 2007 Exposure Draft
(February 2007)
- Subm. to Senate C'tee re AusCheck
Bill 2006 (February 2007)
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism
Financing Bill 2006, plus Supplementary
1 and Supplementary 2, to Senate
Legal and Constitutional Committee (November 2006)
- Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism
Financing Bill 2006, to A/G's and AusTRAC (August 2006)
- Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-Terrorism
Financing Legislation, to Attorney-General's Department and AUSTRAC (April
2006)
- Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-Terrorism
Financing Legislation, to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee (March
2006)
- Security Legislation Review, Clth
A/G's, Supplementary Submission (February 2006)
- Terrorism (Extraordinary Temporary Powers)
Bill 2005, to ACT Government (January 2006)
- Security Legislation Review, Clth A/G's
(January 2006)
- Submission re Anti-Terrorism Bill (No.
2) 2005 to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee (November 2005)
- Briefing on proposed new Anti-Terrorism
Bill (October 2005)
- Federal Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO,
ASIS and DSD (25 July 2005)
- Report by representatives on the Austrac
Privacy Consultative Committee to Privacy, Consumer and Civil Liberties Groups
(August 2003)
- Submission to Attorney-General's Dept Review
of Pt 1D of Crimes Act (Crimtrac) (September 2002)
Consumer
Credit
Criminal Law Enforcement
(see also 'Counter-Terrorism')
- Disclosure of Personal Data by Victoria Police – submission to the
Victorian Privacy Commissioner (8 December 2009), and the
OVPC's Media Release (later on 8 December 2009)
- Disclosure of Personal Data by Victoria Police – submission to the
Victorian Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security (8 December
2009), and the Commissioner's evasive
'reply' (14 December 2009)
- Disclosure of Personal Data by Victoria Police – submission to the
Federal Privacy Commissioner (8 December 2009), and further
submission (9 December 2009)
- Cyber Crime Inquiry, to HoR Standing Committee on Communications (5 August 2009)
- Publication of CCTV Photos of Passers-By,
to AFP and The Canberra Times (December 2007), and reply
from the AFP (April 2008)
- Security Legislation Review, Clth
A/G's, Supplementary Submission (February 2006)
- Submission to a Senate Committee
re Video-Link Evidence (October 2005)
- HREOC re Employment Discrimination
based on Criminal Records (February 2005)
- Letter to Victorian Police re Strategies
for Handling Organised Crime (December 2004)
- Transcript of Evidence to Qld Crime and
Misconduct Commission re: Police Radio Communications Access (29 July
2004)
- Police Radio Communications Access, to Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission (June 2004)
- Anti-Money Laundering Reforms (19 March 2004)
- Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee
on the Australian Crime Commission re CyberCrime Inquiry (August 2003)
- Submission re the South Australian Criminal
Law Consolidation (Identity Theft) Amendment Bill 2003 (August 2003)
- Report by representatives on the Austrac
Privacy Consultative Committee to Privacy, Consumer and Civil Liberties Groups
(August 2003)
- Letter to Standards Australia re Handbook
on Management of IT Evidence (May 2003)
- Letter to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the
Australian Crime Commission re the Cybercrime Inquiry (April 2003)
- Submission to Attorney-General's Dept Review
of Pt 1D of Crimes Act (Crimtrac) (September 2002)
- N.S.W. Office of State Revenue on Review
of N.S.W. Fines Act (June 2002)
- Submission to Privacy Commissioner on Public Interest Determination application
on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions - researchers'
access to case files (March 2002 - APCC)
- Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee Inquiry into the
Proceeds of Crime Bill 2002 (February 2002
- APCC)
- Submission to an Inquiry by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the National
Crime Authority (August 2001 - APCC)
- Cybercrime Bill 2001, Senate
Legal and Constitutional Committee (July 2001 - APCC)
- Model Forensic Procedures Bill and the Proposed National DNA Database
(July 1999 - APCC) (DNA.doc)
- Review of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Legislation
Amendment Bill 1999 (April 1999 - APCC) (ASIO1.doc, ASIO2.doc)
- Telecommunications Interception, March 1999 (TI Reviews.doc)
- Austrac's Social Policy Working Group Discussion Paper (October 1996 -
APCC) (Atracsb2.doc)
- Austrac's Privacy Committee (October 1996 - APCC) (Atradsb1.doc)
- Austrac's Electronic Task Force and its Social Policy Working Group (October
1996 - APCC) (Austrac.doc)
Freedom of Information
(FOI)
Health Care – Generally
- NEHTA Strategic Plan 2009-10 to 2011-12,
Comments submitted to NEHTA (12 October 2009)
- eHealth Data and Health Identifiers, Policy
Statement (28 August 2009)
- Response to Supplementary Paper on Person-Controlled eHealth Records, to National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (May 2009)
- Interim Report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC), Submission (March 2009)
- ALRC Report Part H – Health, Submission to Clth PM & C (February 2009)
- NHHRC E-Health Discussion Paper, Letter to The Australian (December 2008)
- Health Information Privacy, Paper
presented at Health Privacy Futures Conf., Brisbane (November 2008)
- Victoria's Whole of Health ICT Strategy, Letter to the Minister (October 2008)
- Misleading Government Claims re N.T.
eHealth Implementation, Letter to the Editor of The Australian (September 2008)
- Ethical Conduct in Human Research, to NH&MRC (March 2006)
- e-Health Issues from a Health Consumer's Perspective (June 2004)
- Health Records and Information
Privacy Act 2002: Draft Statutory Guidelines, to NSW Health (November 2003)
- Submission to the National Health Privacy Working Group of the Australian
Health Ministers' Advisory Council on the
Draft National Health Privacy Code (April 2003)
Health Care – Data
- Data Linkage between NSW Police and
Medicare, Letter to Clth Privacy Commissioner (5 October 2009)
- eHealth Data and Health Identifiers, Policy
Statement (28 August 2009)
- eHealth Care Data Breach, Policy Statement (28 August 2009)
- 'Nurses paid to scout for Vioxx drug firm', to OFPC (May 2009)
- Medical Director and AsteRx data, to OFPC (May 2009), and reply (May 2005)
- Response to Supplementary Paper on Person-Controlled eHealth Records, to National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (May 2009)
- Electronic Transfer of Pathology Data, to NEHTA (April 2009)
- Interim Report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC), Submission (March 2009)
- Disclosure of Genetic Information Without Consent, Submission to NHMRC (March 2009)
- ALRC Report Part H – Health, Submission to Clth PM & C (February 2009)
- Heart Foundation 2008 ‘Survey’, Letter to
the National President, Bruce Carter (November 2008)
- Privacy Blueprint for the Indivual Electronic Health Record (IEHR), Submission to NEHTA (August 2008)
- National Health and Hospitals Reform
Commission, Submission and Summary (May 2008)
- Access Card: Emergency Medical Info
(Discussion Paper #2), to Access Card Taskforce (March 2007)
- Submission to the National Health Privacy Working Group of the Australian
Health Ministers' Advisory Council on the
Draft National Health Privacy Code (April 2003)
Health Care – ID Schemes
Health Care – NSW
HealtheLink
Health
Care – Medicare Audit
Health Care – Other
Identity – ID Cards, incl. Driver's
Licences (see also National Identification Schemes and
Passports)
- Identity Scanning by Registered Clubs, Policy
Statement (September 2008)
- N.S.W. Government Travel Smartcard, Letter to the N.S.W. Minister for Transport (September 2008)
- Queensland Driver's Licence, further
letter to Qld Premier (June 2008), and the reply (November 2008)
- Queensland Driver's Licence, Letter
to Qld Premier (March 2008), and the Premier's
response (May 2008)
- Demands for the Identity of Library Users,
to the State Library of S.A. (January 2008)
- Swipe Cards in ACT Schools, to ACT Minister
for Education (September 2007)
- Scanning of Identification Documents,
submission to Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (August 2007)
- Student ID Card Proposal, to NSW Minister for Education &
Training (April 2005)
- The NSW Photo Card Bill ‚
How To Fix It (March 2005)
- 31 Questions for the NSW Minister for Roads
about the Photo Card Bill 2004 (February 2005)
- Review of the NSW Photo Card Bill
2004 (February 2005)
- NSW Minister for Roads - 2nd Letter
re Drivers' Licence Photo Card Bill 2004 (February 2005)
- NSW Minister for Roads - 1st Letter
re Drivers' Licence Photo Card Bill 2004 (January 2005)
- The Proposed Smartcard-based Driver's Licence,
to Queensland Transport (November 2003)
Identity – Biometrics
Identity – RFID Associated with People
Identity – Genetics and DNA
Identity – Authentication
- Government Policy re Authentication Online,
Letter to Minister Tanner (22 December 2009), and the
vague Media Release in question (21 December 2009)
- PIA re Verification under the AML-CTF Act, to Clth A/G's Dept (August 2009)
- Media Report re a 'Common Registration
Process', Letter to the Prime Minister and Treasurer (May 2008), and the
vacuous reply from PM&C (May 2008)
- Identity checks for pre-paid mobile
phones, to ACMA (April 2006)
- From Commonwealth Attorney-General,
Ruddock, re Document Verification System (9 March 2005)
- Document Verification System, to Clth Attorney-General, Ruddock (February 2005)
- Document Verification System, to Australian Privacy Commissioner (February 2005)
- Public Key Infrastructure, Office of the Federal
Privacy Commissioner (July 2001 - APCC) (Word97 document, with revision-markings)
Identity – Other
International Matters
- Global Privacy
Standards for a Global World, Signatory to International Declaration
(14 October 2009), mirrored here
- Secret Provisions of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Must be Made Public, Sign-on to an international movement (September 2008)
- Re the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy, Commentary,
and Letter to the Minister for Broadband etc.
(June 2008)
- Report on Discussions re the
APEC Privacy Initiative (February 2008)
- Declaration of Civil Society Organizations
on the Role of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, to the Commissioners,
in Montréal (25 September 2007)
- Letter to Privacy Commissioner re SWIFT Complaint
of Jul/Oct 2006 (February 2007)
- Breach of Privacy Act by Australian
Financial Institutions (through SWIFT), to Privacy Commissioner (October
2006)
- SWIFT - disclosures of Australians'
financial information without warrant to the USA, to Privacy Commissioner
(July 2006)
- Extradition Law and Practice, to Attorney-General's
Dept (April 2006)
- Signon to International
Public Interest Movement Request to Google to Suspend Gmail (24 April
2004)
- Letter to the E.U. regarding misleading
assurances by the Australian Government re the protection of Passenger Name
Record (PNR) data, and detailed letter to the
Attorney-General (5 April 2004)
- Recommendations for Improvements to APEC Privacy
Principles [HTML](19 March 2004)
Internet
(see also Telecommunications, for more general matters)
- Cloud Computing, Policy Statement (11
November 2009)
- Cyber Crime Inquiry, to HoR Standing Committee on Communications (5 August 2009)
- Digital Economy Future Directions, Submission to Dept of Broadband etc. (DBCDE) (February 2009)
- Harmonisation of Multi-centre Ethical Review (HOMER), Submission to NHMRC (February 2009)
- Google StreetView, Policy
Statement (August
2008)
- Info Sheet on Privacy Act / Spam Act
Interaction, Submission to the Privacy Commissioner (August 2008)
- Re the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy, Commentary,
and Letter to the Minister for Broadband etc.
(June 2008)
- ISP-Level Content Filtering,
Policy Statement (May 2008)
- Google StreetView, Policy
Statement (April
2008)
- Review of the Spam Act, to DCITA
(February 2006)
- Aust Communications Authority: Regulatory Issues
re VoIP (January 2005)
- Draft Spam Code, to IIA and ACA (November
2004)
- Signon to International
Public Interest Movement Request to Google to Suspend Gmail (24 April
2004)
- Google GMail Service - Letter to Federal Privacy
Commissioner (23 April 2004)
- Handbook
on Management of IT Evidence, to Standards Australia (May 2003)
- ENUM, to the ACA (2 November 2002)
- Submission to Australian Communications Authority consultation on a draft
Internet Services Provider Guideline re Consumer Information (May 2002
- APCC)
- Submission to National Office of the Information Economy investigation into
possible control of unsolicited emails (Spam)
(May 2002 - APCC)
- Cybercrime Bill 2001, Senate
Legal and Constitutional Committee (July 2001 - APCC)
- Public Key Infrastructure, Office of the Federal
Privacy Commissioner (July 2001 - APCC) (Word97 document, with revision-markings)
- Submission to Internet Industry Association on the
IIA draft Privacy Code of Practice (October 2001 - APCC)
- Submission to the auDA Model Competition Advisory
Panel re privacy aspects of the whois database (March 2001)
- Senate Select Committee on Information Technologies
re e-Privacy (July 2000 - APCC) (filename Senate e-Privacy Inquiry July
0)
- Comments on ACCC's Draft Determination re the Application By ADM. for Code
Authorisation (June 1999 - APCC) (ADMA Code3.doc)
- Application By ADMA For ACCC Authorisation - Supplementary Submission (November
1998 - APCC) (ADMA Code2.doc)
- Application By Australian Direct Marketing Association For ACCC Authorisation
of a Code of Conduct (October 1998 - APCC) (ADMA Code1.doc)
- Joint Committee On Public Accounts Inquiry Into Internet Commerce (November
1997 - APCC) (JCPA Inet Inquiry.doc)
Marketing
(for Spam, see Internet; see also Do
Not Call Register and CND/CLI)
Media
National
Identification Schemes (see also Identity and Passports)
- Healthcare Identifiers, to AHMAC, Clth Dept of Health & Ageing (13 August 2009)
- Unique Patient ID or Patient Health?, Letter to The Australian (March 2009)
- Media Report re a 'Common Registration
Process', Letter to the Prime Minister and Treasurer (May 2008), and the
vacuous reply from PM&C (May 2008)
- Re the Howard/Hockey Access Card Scheme, 2005-07 (see also the
APF's Campaign Page):
- Card Scheme; and Access Card Documents,
letter to Minister for Human Services (March 2008), and the
Minister's response (May 2008)
- Access Card Bill, re 2nd Exposure
Draft, submission to Dept of Human Services (August 2007)
- Access Card Briefing Document
(August 2007)
- The Howard Government's Proposed National
ID Scheme, slide-set for presentation to U3A (July 2007)
- 'What we do (and still don’t) know
about the proposed 'Access Card': An Information Paper with questions for
the Government, and answers for the public', Version 2, for the public
(May 2007)
- Access Card: Registration, Submission
to the Task Force (13 April 2007)
- The Access Card - A Way Forward,
Letter to Incoming Minister Ellison (30 March 2007)
- Access Card: Emergency Medical Info
(Discussion Paper #2), to Access Card Taskforce (March 2007)
- 'The Access Card fallacies and
facts' (Public Forum, Canberra, March 2007)
- Responses to Questions on Notice,
Senate Committeere Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007
(March 2007)
- Speech to Senate C'tee
re Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 (March
2007)
- Submission to Senate C'tee re
Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 (February
2007))
- Letter to Minister Campbell re banks
and 'Access Card' (February 2007)
- Letter to Office of Access Card (February
2007)
- Letter to new Human Services Minister
Ian Campbell re the 'Access Card' (January 2007)
- Subm. to Dept of Human Services
re Access Card Bill (January 2007)
- 'The Access
Card – fallacies and facts', Speech at public forum (9 November
2006)
- Submission to
national ID card ('Access Card') task force, with covering
letter (July 2006)
- Why every Australian should
oppose the 'Access Card' (July 2006)
- Spot the difference: national ID card
proposals (June 2006)
- Open Letter to Coalition MPs re a National
Id Scheme (28 July 2005)
- Submission re the Extension of the Tax File Number (1989)
- Submissions re the Privacy Bill 1988 (1988)
- Submissions and Petition re the Australia Card Bill (September 1987)
Passports (see also
National Identification Schemes, and Identity)
Personal Property Securities
- Personal Property Securities - re PIA Report, to Clth A/G's (31 July 2009)
- Personal Property Securities - Missing PIA Hinders Debate, to Clth A/G's (11 July 2009), and PIA Report (15 July 2009), and the A/G's Response (4 August 2009)
- Personal Property Securities Bill 2008, Outstanding Concerns, to Clth A/G's (12 June 2009)
- Personal Property Securities Bill, Evidence to the Senate Legal & Constitutional C'tee (January 2009), mirrored here
- Personal Property Securities Bill 2008, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (December 2008)
- Personal Property Securities Reform Regulations,
Submission to the Attorney-General's Dept (October 2008)
- Personal Property Securities Bill 2008, Submission
to the Attorney-General's Dept (August 2008)
- Personal
Properties Securities - 1. Registration and Search, Submission to AGs (February 2007)
Prisons
Privacy Regulation – Generally
(see also FOI)
Privacy Regulation – Parliament
Privacy Regulation – Law Reform Agencies
Privacy Regulation – OFPC, A/G's and Similar
- National Human Rights Consultation, to Clth A/G's (15 June 2009)
- Letter re Breaches of NPP 4.1,to OFPC, and the Privacy Commissioner's positive reply, (April 2009)
- Comments re Draft Information Sheets, to OFPC (April 2009)
- Data Breach Notification Guidelines,
Submission to OFPC (June 2008)
- Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation, to Productivity Commission (September 2006)
- Privacy Legislation Amendment Bill
2006, to OFPC (August 2006)
- Costs of Consumer Codes, to ACMA (February 2006)
- Commentary on the OFPC's Privacy Act review report (6 June 2005)
- Privacy Impact Assessment Guidelines, to OFPC (February 2005)
- Review of the Private Sector Provisions of the Privacy Act 1988, to OFPC (December 2004)
Privacy Regulation – States & Territories
Privacy Regulation – Advocacy Processes
Surveillance (see
also Census, 'Counter-Terrorism', Identity,
Internet, Telecommunications
and Transport)
Telecommunications – Do
Not Call Register
Telecommunications – CND/CLI
Telecommunications – IPND
Telecommunications – Interception
& Access
Telecommunications –
Other (see also Internet)
- Campaigning for consumers in communications,
Submission to Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) (10
October 2009)
- Re Mobile Premium Services (MPS) Code and Guideline, joint NGO Letters to ACMA, ACCC, and The Minister (March 2009)
- Info Sheet on Part 13 of the Telecommunications
Act, Submission to the Privacy Commissioner (August 2008)
- Re Communications Alliance's lack of attention to privacy, APF
Letter (9 June 2008), CA's Reply (19
June 2008), and APF's Further Letter (30 June
2008)
- Restricted Access Systems Declarations
(re MA15+, R18+ content), submission to ACMA (November 2007)
- Charging for unlisted numbers (Silent lines),
to OFPC, TIO, ACMA and ACCC (April 2006)
- Identity checks for pre-paid mobile
phones, to ACMA (April 2006)
- Submission to ACIF re the Code for the Handling
of Life Threatening and Unwelcome Calls (November 2005)
- Senate Telecommunications Regulation
Inquiry (14 July 2005)
- Aust Communications Authority: Regulatory Issues
re VoIP (January 2005)
- ACIF re Unfair Consumer Contracts
(November 2004)
- To Australian Communications Authority re
Customer Information (18 May2004)
- Mobile Location, to the Australian Communications
Authority (30 April 2004)
- Submission to the A.C.A. re ENUM (2 November
2002)
- Submission to Australian Communications Industry Forum on Draft
Industry Guideline on Consultation with Consumer Representatives (May 2002 - APCC)
- Senate Committee Inquiry re Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and
Service Standards) (January 1999 - APCC) (Senate Telco Inquiry.doc)
- Senate Select Committee on Information Technology Inquiry into Self-Regulation
(Senate IT Inquiry.doc) (August 1998)
- Submission to the AUSTEL Inquiry into Telecommunications
Privacy (27 February 1992)
Trans-Jurisdictional and Trans-Border
Transport – ANPR
Transport – Anonymous Travel
Transport – Driver's Licences
(See Identity - ID Cards)
Workplace
Other Arenas
- Access to Share Registers, to Clth Treasury (21 July 2009)
- Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Data to a Gambling Company, to Productivity Commission (April 2009), and the empty reply (May 2009)
- Confidentiality Of Taxpayer Information / Tax Secrecy, to Clth Treasury (April 2009)
- Standard Business Reporting (SBR) Project,
Submission to the Commonwealth Treasury (November 2008)
- Body Scanning at Airports, Policy
Statement (October 2008)
- Conduct of 2007 Elections: Postal
vote applications mailed by political parties, Joint Stdg Ctee on Electoral
Matters (May 2008)
- Tenancy Database Regulations,
submission to Cth AGs re Draft Privacy (Private Sector) Amendment Regs (June
2007)
- Postal Voting, Australian Electoral
Commission (March 2007)
- Submission to NSW Ombudsman re
'Lockdown powers' Issues Paper, Dec 2006 (February 2007)
- NSW Education Bill – an unjustified threat to privacy: letters
to Minister and Shadow
Minister (14 November 2006)
- Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies
and Disasters) Bill 2006, to Senate Legal and Constitutional C'tee (September
2006)
- Taxation Security and Disclosure Provisions,
to Dept of Treasury (September 2006)
- Access to Court Records, to N.S.W.
A/G's (July 2006)
- Extradition Law and Practice, to Attorney-General's
Dept (April 2006)
- Ethical Conduct in Human Research,
to NH&MRC (March 2006)
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment
(Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2005, to Senate Finance
and Public Administration Committee (March 2006)
- Submission re Review of the Queensland
Club Industry Privacy Code (October 2005)
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