APF letter of support to ASIC re EFT Code Review

31/05/07 1:25:23 PM
To: <eftreview@asic.gov.au>
Subject: Review of EFT Code

Please record our support for the joint submission by Galexia Consulting on behalf of CHOICE, Consumer Action Law Centre and the Centre for Credit and Consumer Law.

As you will see from the preface to that submission, the Foundation was
invited onto the reference group and had a brief opportunity for input on the draft submission.

Unfortunately, the all-volunteer resources of the Foundation are stretched to breaking point responding to multiple reviews and inquiries and we were not able to conduct our own separate analysis. However, the joint consumer submission has in our view adequately addressed privacy concerns and we agree with all of the main recommendations in the joint consumer submission, particularly those relating to Part C of the current Code which deals with privacy issues.

We would like our support to be recorded and noted as a distinct submission, and have no objection to this being made public.

Thankyou

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Nigel Waters, Board Member and Policy Coordinator
Australian Privacy Foundation
E-mail: enquiries@privacy.org.au
APF Web site: http://www.privacy.org.au 
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