Australian Privacy Foundation - Papers

This page indexes the APF's Policy Statements. In addition, the APF has made hundreds of Submissions on specific policy matters. Indexes to Submissions are provided, as follows:

in date-order, most recent first, and sorted by policy topic, and also sorted by jurisdiction

See also the Campaigns pages. There are also many references to the APF in the Commonwealth Hansard since 1987.

APF's GENERIC POLICIES

Human Rights Protections
The need for ICCPR Rights to be implemented
The Meta-Principles
The ground-rules for achieving privacy protections
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
How to conduct a good PIA process
Consultations
How to conduct Effective Consultations
The Australian Privacy Charter
Principles that protect all Dimensions of Privacy
International Data Privacy Standards
The relevant international benchmarks for Australia

APF's PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS

APF's PROCEDURAL POLICIES

APF's SPECIFIC POLICIES

Privacy of the Person

Substance Abuse Testing and the Workplace (Mar 2012)
Biometrics in the Workplace (Oct 2011)
Biometrics (rev. Oct 2011)
A Privacy Right of Action (Jul 2011)
Body Scanning at Airports (rev. Feb 2010)

Privacy of Personal Behaviour

Democratic Control of Surveillance by the State (May 2014)
Drones (Mar 2014)
A Privacy Right of Action (Jul 2011)
Visual Surveillance including CCTV (rev. Jan 2010)
Privacy and the Media (Mar 2009)
Road Tolls (Sep 2008)
Google StreetView (rev. Aug 2008)
Workplace Email (Apr 2008)
Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) (Mar 2008)

Privacy of Personal Data

Online Authentication (May 2017)
Drones (Mar 2014)
Data Breach Notification (Apr 2013)
Information Security (Dec 2012)
A Privacy Right of Action (Jul 2011)
Smart Grids and Smart Meters (Feb 2011)
eHealth Data and Health Identifiers (Aug 2009)
eHealth Care Data Breach (Aug 2009)
Road Tolls (Sep 2008)
Identity Scanning by Registered Clubs (Sep 2008)
Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) (Mar 2008)

Internet and Mobile Issues

Online Authentication (May 2017)
A Privacy Right of Action (Jul 2011)
The Collection of Third Party Data Through Networks such as Wifi (May 2011)
Location and Tracking of Individuals through their Mobile Devices (May 2011)
Cloud Computing (Nov 2009)
ISP-Level Content Filtering (May 2008)
Workplace Email (Apr 2008)