Abbreviations

Abbreviations

ABA  Australian Broadcasting Authority 
ABS  Australian Bureau of Statistics 
ACA  Australian Consumers' Association 
ACCI  Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry 
the Act  Privacy Act 1988 
ADMA  Australian Direct Marketing Association 
AEEMA  Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association 
AFP  Australian Federal Police 
AIHW  Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 
AHEC  Australian Health Ethics Committee 
ALRC  Australian Law Reform Commission 
AMA  Australian Medical Association 
APC  Australian Press Council 
APEC  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
APF  Australian Privacy Foundation 
ARC  Australian Red Cross 
CLAN  Care Leavers of Australia Network 
the Code  National Health Privacy Code 
CUSCAL  Credit Union Services Corporation (Australia) Limited 
DIMIA  Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 
DFAT  Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
EFA  Electronic Frontiers Australia 
Essentially Yours report  ALRC and NHMRC, Essentially Yours: Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia, ALRC Report No. 96, March 2003 
EU  European Union 
EU Data Protection Directive  Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data 
FIA  Fundraising Institute Australia 
HRECs  Human Research Ethics Committees 
ICAO  International Civil Aviation Organisation 
ICCPR  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 
ID  identification 
IFSA  Investment and Financial Services Association 
IP address  Internet protocol address 
IPPs  Information Privacy Principles 
LIV  Law Institute of Victoria 
NHMRC  National Health and Medical Research Council 
NHPPs  National Health Privacy Principles 
NPPs  National Privacy Principles 
OECD  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 
OECD guidelines  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Guidelines Governing the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data, 1980 
OFPC  Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner 
OPC  Office of the Privacy Commissioner 
OPC review  Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Getting in on the Act: The Review of the Private Sector Provisions of the Privacy Act 1988, March 2005 
Passports Act  Australian Passports Act 2005 
Privacy Act  Privacy Act 1988 
PSD  public source data company 
PIDs  Public Interest Determinations 
QIMR  Queensland Institute of Medical Research 
RFID  Radio Frequency Identification 
Telecommunications Act  Telecommunications Act 1997 
TFN  Tax File Number 
UK  United Kingdom 
US  United States 
US FDA  United States Food and Drug Administration 

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