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| House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs

Preliminary Pages

Membership of the Committee

Chair	Mr Graham Perrett MP
Deputy Chair	The Hon. Judi Moylan MP
Members	Mr Shayne Neumann MP The Hon. Dr Sharman Stone MP Mr Ross Vasta MP Ms Laura Smyth MP Mr Mike Symon MP (to 14/08/12) Ms Michelle Rowland MP (from 14/08/12)

Committee Secretariat

Secretary	Dr Anna Dacre
Research Officer	Ms Zoe Scanlon

Terms of reference

On 24 May 2012 the Selection Committee of the House of Representatives referred the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012 for inquiry and report.

List of acronyms

ABA	Australian Bankers’ Association
ADMA	Australian Direct Marketing Association
ALRC	Australian Law Reform Commission
ANZ	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
APF	Australian Privacy Foundation
APPs	Australian Privacy Principles
APRA	Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
ARCA	Australasian Retail Credit Association
CCLC	Consumer Credit Legal Centre, New South Wales
CR Code	Credit Reporting Code
FACTA	US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act 2010
GE	General Electric Capital
IPPs	Information Privacy Principles
LCA	Law Council of Australia
NPPs	National Privacy Principles
OAIC	Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
OPCNSW	Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New South Wales

List of recommendations

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the House of Representatives pass the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protections) Bill 2012.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that the Attorney-General agree to conduct a review of the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protections) Bill 2012 twelve months after the commencement of the Act, addressing the following issues:

Defence to contravention of APP 8

Conflicting overseas laws

Direct marketing and opt out provisions for direct marketing

De-identified data provisions

The system regulating/preventing credit reporting information overseas (the Australian link requirement), and

The effect of the repayment history provisions on addresses stored on file.

Recommendation 3

The Committee recommends that the Attorney-General ensure that comprehensive educational material on the new privacy protections and obligations is available prior to commencement of the Act.

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