In This Presentation:

ALRC Report 108 – released May 2008:

1. Key reasons for recommendations

- Improve privacy protection in Australia

- Achieve significantly greater consistency, clarity and simplicity in the Privacy Act

- Give individuals greater power and control over their personal information (e.g. new direct marketing principle)

2. Key reasons for recommendations

- Rationalise the privacy principles to produce common set of principles across public and private sectors.

- More comprehensive credit reporting principles.

- Increased powers for commissioner, including court ordered fines up to $1.1 million.

1. Existing law

2. The reform process

3. Overview of key changes

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