PRIVACY
The Consultancy complies with the
National Privacy Principles, as set out below. Records and details
contained in reports, floor plans, and all material provided to us, are not communicated to any person outside the consultancy without the express
permission of the home-owner.
In 2001, the Privacy Act (Cth) 1988 ("the Act") was
amended. These amendments built on the existing privacy
responsibilities for the public sector, extending the protection of personal
information to the private sector. As a result, organisations are currently
subject to minimum standards in relation to the collection, use, maintenance and
disclosure of personal information. At the heart of the Act are ten National
Privacy Principles ("NPPs").
Essentially, the NPPs require every organisation caught under the Act to
ensure that it:
- collects only personal information which is necessary for its legitimate
functions and activities;
- takes reasonable steps to inform individuals from whom it is collecting
personal information of the identity of the organisation, how to contact it,
the purposes for which the information is collected and the organisations to
whom this information is normally disclosed;
- wherever possible, only collects personal information from the individual
and, where information is collected from someone else, takes reasonable
steps to provide the information described in the above paragraph to the
individual;
- only uses and discloses personal information for the primary purpose for
which it was collected;
- does not transfer personal information overseas without taking steps to
ensure that the recipient is bound by laws offering no less protection than
the NPPs, or that it will deal with the information as if it were subject to
the NPPs;
- protects and maintains the security and accuracy of personal information
which is collected, and gives individuals the right to access and update
personal information which is held about them; and
- develops policies regarding how personal information will be collected,
used and managed within an organisation and makes these policies readily
available to the public.
Source : www.artslaw.com.au/LegalInformation/Privacy/default.asp
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