| A |
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| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ABA |
Australian Bankers Association |
| BFSO |
Australian Banking and Financial Services Ombudsman |
| ABN |
Australian Business Number |
| ABR |
Australian Business Register |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACMA |
Australian Communications and Media Authority |
| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACCI |
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| ACIF |
Australian Communications Industry Forum |
| ADJR
Act |
Administrative Decisions Judicial Review Act |
| ADHA |
Australian Department of Health and Aging |
| ADMA |
Australian Direct Marketing Association |
| AEC |
Australian Electoral Commission |
| AG's |
Attorney General's Department |
| AGS |
Australian Government Solicitor |
| AHEC |
Australian Health Ethics Committee |
| AHMAC |
Australian Health Minister's Advisory Council |
| ALRC |
Australian Law Reform Commission |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| AODR |
Australian Organ Donor Register |
| APS |
Australian Protective Service |
| ARC |
Administrative Review Council |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investment Commission |
| ASIO |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation |
| ASIS |
Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Commission |
| AUSTRAC |
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
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| B |
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| Biotechnology
Australia |
Biotechnology Australia is a multi-departmental Government
agency responsible for coordinating biotechnology issues for the Commonwealth
Government, and seeking to provide balanced and factual information on
biotechnology to the Australian community. |
| BMMS |
Better Medication Management System |
| BEP |
business.gov.au website (Formerly Business Entry
Point) |
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| C |
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| CIF |
Credit Information File |
| Class member |
in relation to a representative complaint, means any of the
persons on whose behalf was lodged, but does not include a person who has
withdrawn under section 38B. |
| Code Complaint |
means a complaint about an Act or practice that, if established,
would be an an interference with the privacy of the complainant because it
breached an approved privacy code. |
| Code of Conduct |
Credit Reporting Code of Conduct and Explanatory
Notes |
| Commercial Credit |
means a loan sought or obtained by a person, other than a loan
of a kind referred to in the defintion of credit. |
| Commissioner of Police |
means the Commissioner of Police appointed under the
Australian Federal Police Act 1979. |
| Commonwealth Contract |
means a contract, to which the Commonwealth or an agency is or
was a party, under which services are to be, or were to be, provided to an
agency. |
| Consent |
means express consent or implied consent |
| Corporation |
means a body corporate that: |
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(a) is a foreign corporation; |
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(b) is a trading corporation formed within the limits of
Australia or is a financial corporation so formed; or |
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(c) is incorporated in a Territory, other than the Northern
Territory |
| CrimTrac |
The CrimTrac Agency was established on 1 July 2000 as a major
national policing initiative for the 21st century. CrimTrac will allow
Australian police services to take advantage of the dramatic opportunities
opened up by recent advances in forensic science, information technology and
communications. |
| CSA |
Child Support Agency |
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| D |
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| Data-matching
Act |
Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 |
| DETYA |
Department of Education, Science & Training |
| DEWR |
Department of Employment and Workplace
Relations |
| DHAC |
Department of Health and Ageing |
| DIMA |
Department of Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous
Affairs |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans' Affairs |
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| E |
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| Electoral Act |
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1924 (Cth) |
| Electoral Regulations |
Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940 |
| E-mail Guidelines |
Guidelines on Workplace E-mail, Web Browsing and
Privacy |
| EU |
European Union |
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| F |
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| FaCSIA |
Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs |
| FOI |
Freedom of Information |
| Forensic Procedures |
Bill Crimes Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Bill 2000 |
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| G |
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| GAP |
Generally available publication (as defined in the Privacy
Act) |
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| H |
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| Medicare |
Medicare Australia |
| HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
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| I |
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| IIA |
Internet Industry Association |
| IPPs |
Information Privacy Principles |
| ITSA |
Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia |
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| J |
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| JSCEM |
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters |
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| M |
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| MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| Model Bill |
Model Forensic Procedures Bill |
| MRT |
Migration Review Tribunal |
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| N |
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| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| ACC |
Australian Crime Commission |
| NCC |
National Competition Council |
| NHMRC |
National Health and Medical Research Council |
| AGIMO |
Australian Government Information Management Office |
| NPPs |
National Privacy Principles as set out in the Privacy
Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 |
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| O |
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| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OPC |
Office of the Privacy Commissioner |
| OGO |
Office for Government Online |
| Organisation |
(a) an Australian citizen; or |
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(b) a person whose continued presence in Australia is not
subject to limitation as to time imposed by law; or |
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(c) a partnership formed in Australia or external Territory; or
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(d) a trust created in Australia or an external Territory;
or |
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(e) a body corporate incorporated in Australia or an external
territory; or |
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(f) an unincorporated association that has its central
management and control in Australia or an external Territory. |
| ORR |
Office of the Regulation Review |
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| P |
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| PAC |
Privacy Advisory Committee |
| PANZA |
Privacy Agencies of New Zealand and Australia |
| Part IIIA |
Part IIIA of the Privacy Act ? regulates consumer credit
reporting |
| PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PCOs |
Privacy Contact Officers |
| PID |
Personal Information Digest |
| PID |
Public Interest Determinations |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| Privacy Act |
Privacy Act 1988 |
| Privacy Amendment Act |
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 |
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| R |
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| RBA |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RRT |
Refugee Review Tribunal |
| RSS |
Really Simple Syndication |
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| T |
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| TCS |
Tasmanian Collection Service |
| TFN |
Tax File Number |
| TIO |
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman |
| TIS |
Translation and Interpreting Service |
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