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Note Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 October 2001. . REVISED VERSION OF THE CODE DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES, September 2001 Revised version of the Code Development GuidelinesSeptember 2001 FOREWARD The Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 extends the operation of the Privacy Act 1988 to cover much of the private sector. An integral feature of the Amendment Act is the option for organisations to develop their own privacy codes, which when approved, replace compliance with the National Privacy Principles. The co-regulatory approach offered by the legislation allows for some flexibility in how organisations approach their privacy obligations but, at the same time, ensures that minimum enforceable standards apply to the protection of personal information. |