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Newshound
31-07-2013, 12:23 PM
If you are a business which collects and/or uses personal information of customers and clients, then recent changes to the Privacy Act 1988 mean you will need to review and update your privacy policy.

With increased penalties of up to $1,700,000 for corporations, and the possibility of actions for misleading and deceptive conduct under the Australian Consumer Law, businesses need to be prepared for the effective start date of these new laws in March 2014 by reviewing their privacy policies, data collection and handling policies, and third party IT and data management contracts.

Read more ... (http://www.clarkekann.com.au/images/stories/newsletters/Alerts/NewPrivacyLawsTimetoUpdateyourPrivacyPolicyJuly201 3.pdf)