You must comply with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) if you intend to collect and / or use the personal information of individuals.
Subject to exceptions, APPs apply to:
- organisations and entities with annual turnover of more than $3 million
- certain small businesses with an annual turnover of less than $3 million (including private sector health service providers).
The APPs provide standards, rights and obligations regarding:
- the nature of collection / use of personal information
- the quality, correctness, identification, security and storage of personal information
- an organisation or agency's governance and accountability
- circumstances for disclosure of personal information
- an individual's right to access their own information.
