<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html lang="en"> <head> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-16"> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"> <title>The Office of the Privacy Commissioner</title> <link href="/css/default_css.asp" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <table cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="570"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <h1>Media Releases 2008</h1> <P>This page contains media releases issued by the Office. If you'd like to receive an email when the Office issues a media release please join <A href="/lists/index.html">the Office's media release email list</A>.</P> <P>The Office no longer maintains a distinction between media releases and general announcements. For an archive of this Office's general announcements, go to the <A href="/news/announcements07.html">announcements</A> page.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><STRONG>Media releases: </STRONG><A href="/news/media/index.html">2008</A> | <A href="/news/media07.html">2007</A> | <A href="/news/media06.html">2006</A> | <A href="/news/media05.html">2005</A> | <A href="/news/media04.html">2004</A> | <A href="/news/media03.html">2003</A> | <A href="/news/media02.html">2002</A> | <A href="/news/media01.html">2001</A> | <A href="/news/media00.html">2000</A> | <A href="/news/media99.html">1999</A></P> <HR color=#000000 colour="black"> <h3>October</h3> <ul> <LI><a href="/news/media/2008_29.html">Media Release: Reform of NSW privacy laws needed to promote national uniformity, says Privacy Commissioner</a> (27/10/08) </ul> <H3>August</H3> <UL> <LI><a href="/news/media/2008_28.html">Media Release: Privacy Commissioner publishes case notes 19 - 21 for 2008</a> (29/08/08) <LI><a href="/news/media/2008_27.html">Media Release: Australia &amp; New Zealand - privacy regulators sign agreement </a>(29/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_26.html">Media Release: The winners of the Australian Privacy Awards &amp; Medal</A> (27/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_25.html">Media Release: Justice Michael Kirby wins inaugural Australian Privacy Medal</A> (27/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_24.html">Media Release: Medicare Australia wins Grand Award for privacy</A> (27/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_23.html">Media Release: Telstra wins Large Business Privacy Award</A> (27/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_22.html">Media Release: Direct marketer wins Small Business Privacy Award</A> (27/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_21.html">Media Release: Dental Association rewarded for good privacy</A> (27/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_20.html">Media Release: Child Support Agency takes out Privacy Award</A> (27/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_19.html">Media Release: Spam and privacy - new guidance issued</A> (26/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_18.html">Media Release: How to investigate privacy complaints - Privacy Commissioner issues new guides</A> (26/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_17.html">Media Release: Businesses urged to review privacy practices </A> (25/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_16.html">Media Release: Privacy Commissioner launches data breach guide </A> (25/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_15.html">Media Release: E-health privacy blueprint - robust legislation is needed says Privacy Commissioner </A> (15/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_14.html">Media Release: ALRC report  a valuable contribution to privacy law reform, says Privacy Commissioner </A> (11/08/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_13.html">Media Release: Hitachi, NAB, Sony & Telstra - Australian Privacy Awards finalists </A> (04/08/08) </UL> <H3>July</H3> <UL> <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_12.html">Media Release: "Privacy Awareness Week is a good opportunity to review your privacy practices," says Privacy Commissioner</A> (31/07/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_11.html">Media Release: International privacy initiative - Privacy commissioners call for videos to 'expose' privacy</A> (14/7/08) </UL> <h3>June</h3> <UL> <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_10.html">Media Release: Privacy Commissioner publishes case notes 8 - 18 for 2008</A> (26/6/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_09.html">Media Release: National E-security Awareness Week, 6-13 June 2008</A> (6/6/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_08.html">Media Release: Don t miss the chance to be recognised for good privacy practices</A> (5/6/08) </LI> </UL> <H3>May</H3> <UL> <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_07.html">Media Release: Privacy Commissioner publishes case notes 1 - 7 for 2008</A> (29/5/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_06.html">Media Release: International privacy initiative - What do students think about privacy?</A> (5/5/08) </LI></UL> <H3>April</H3> <UL> <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_05.html">Media Release: Privacy Commissioner seeks views on data breach notification guide </A>&nbsp;(15/4/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_04.html">Media Release: Rewards for good privacy: Launch of inaugural Australian Privacy Awards and Australian Privacy Medal </A>&nbsp;(09/4/08) </LI></UL> <H3>March</H3> <UL> <LI><A href="/news/media/2008_03.html">Media Release: New privacy guidance to assist private health service providers</A>&nbsp;(11/3/08) <LI><A href="/news/media/mapsbp08_media.html">Media Release: Revised privacy guidelines for Medicare &amp; PBS claims information</A>&nbsp;(07/3/08) </LI></UL> <H3>January</H3> <UL> <LI><A href="2008_01.html">Media Release: Privacy Commissioner calls for mandatory reporting of major data security breaches</A>&nbsp;(30/1/08) </LI></UL> <p><a href="">Return</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>