[Year 12 IPM] Relevant Acts for IT applications

[Mark Kelly]

I'm getting there slowly.

The Privacy Act 1988 can be downloaded from 
http://www.privacy.gov.au/act/privacyact/index.html

A scan of the act does refer to $3 million turnover, the holding of 
health info, and the trading in personal information, so it seems the 
old act now DOES indeed include the Private Sector amendment act.

And the old familiar privacy rules seem to apply.  So, folks, it seems 
that we teach the same old privacy rules, but we no longer have to 
explain who is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 and the Privacy Act 
(Private Sector) Amendment Act 2000.  There is One Act to Rule Them All.

I assume the old copyright act similarly includes the digital agenda so 
we also can treat it as a one-stop illogical legal shop (until new 
copyright laws get passed.)




Christophersen, Paula P wrote:
> Mark, they are automatically subsumed, so they are operational. This is
> the advice that we received when the study was being developed, and this
> was again confirmed by our Principal Legal Officer. 
> 
> If you find out any further information, can you please share it with
> us.
> 
> Regards
> Paula
> 
> Paula Christophersen
> ICT Curriculum Manager
> Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
> Authority
> 41 St Andrews Place
> EAST MELBOURNE 3002
> Phone: 03 9651 4378
> Fax: 03 9651 4324
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2006 11:28 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> Teachers'Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Relevant Acts for IT applications
> 
> Interesting... so have these subsumptions already taken place, or are 
> they going to happen?
> 
> If they have not passed through parliament yet, what do we teach in the 
> meantime?
> 
> Do we still teach the $3m turnover rule?
> 
> Are any federal legislators subscribed to this list?  :-)
> 
> I had a read through http://privacy.gov.au/act/index.html and could not 
> find any changes to the existing legislation.
> 
> Confused once again - my normal state, it seems - I have written to the 
> office of the federal Privacy Commissioner seeking up-to-date
> information.
> 
> Mark
> 
> Christophersen, Paula P wrote:
>> Dear Mark and colleagues
>>
>> In response to an earlier query regarding why the /amendments/ to the 
>> Privacy Act and the Copyright Act had been omitted from the study
> design 
>> 2007 - 2010, I provide the following explanation (sourced from our 
>> Principal Legal Officer).
>>
>> After a period of time, these amendments become subsumed within the 
>> original Act - it's not that we have ignored these amendments, it's
> just 
>> that they are now considered part of the Acts. Of course, we are now
> in 
>> the midst of another developing copyright amendment, so when that is 
>> passed it will initially be viewed as an amendment, but still part of 
>> the Copyright Act.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Paula
>>
>> Paula Christophersen
>> ICT Curriculum Manager
>> Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
>> 41 St Andrews Place
>> EAST MELBOURNE 3002
>> Phone: 03 9651 4378
>> Fax: 03 9651 4324
> 

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