Indexed by Date – Australian Privacy Foundation

This page indexes papers in date order, newest first. It is complete to 9 April 2023.

The index is comprehensive since 2010. It also includes key documents dating back to 1987, and papers by APF’s sibling organisation the Australian Privacy Charter Council (1994-2002). See also the companion document, which indexes papers published prior to 2010.

Indexes are also provided by policy topic and jurisdiction. See also the Campaigns pages.

2024

Draft National Health (Privacy) Rules, Submission to OAIC (1 May 2024)

2023

Surfveillance: Swellnet's SurfCam at Winki Pop, Report Prepared for the Surfrider Foundation Surf Coast Branch (8 Nov 2023)
RE: Proposed updates to the Security Requirements for the My Health Record Connecting Systems Conformance Profile, Submission to the Australian Digital Health Agency (25 Sep 2023)
Feedback on proposed amendments to the Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI Act) and Information Privacy Act 2009 (IP Act), Submission to the QLD Department of Justice and Attorney-General (24 Aug 2023)
Privacy Act Review, Submission to the Attorney-Generals Department (9 Apr 2023)

2022

myGov Increased Capture of Customer Data, Submission to Dept of Human Services (15 Nov 2022)
Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee (8 Nov 2022)
Card-Number Protections Depend on Data Deletion, Public Statement (1 Nov 2022)
Looking Beyond the Optus Data Breach, Call for Action (4 Oct 2022)

The Mandatory Data Retention Regime, Submission to Cth Attorney-General (29 Sep 2022) and the AG's reply (25 Oct 2022)
Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Submission to the College of Radiologists (RANZCR) (19 Sep 2022)
Review of Model Defamation Provisions, Submission to NSW AG, and the Standing Council of Attorneys-General (SCAG) (8 Sep 2022)
National Disability Insurance Scheme Data Breach and Notifications, Follow-up Letter to Bill Shorten, Minister for NDIS (1 Aug 2022)
The iRad interoperability of consented health records, Letter to South Western Sydney Primary Health Network (SWSPHN) (1 Aug 2022)
Proposed Reforms to Queensland’s Information Privacy and Right to Information Legislation, Submission to Qld Attorney-General (22 Jul 2022)

Australian Retailers Using Facial Recognition, Complaint to OAIC, joint with EFA and DRW (22 Jun 2022)
ACT COVID 'Case Investigation Interview' form, Letter to Director General, ACT Health, copies to AHRC and OAIC (20 Jun 2022)
State government centralised digital health records plan, Letters to the NSW Health CIO and the Qld Health CIO (6 Jun 2022)
Federal Election Scorecard - 2022 (19 May 2022)
“Our” ABC iView Mandatory Login Requirement, Public Statement (15 May 2022)
Mandatory ABC Registration to Watch iView, Third Open Letter to Ita Buttrose, ABC Chair (11 May 2022), and the ABC's Response, by a lawyer on the Chair's behalf (23 May 22)
Mandatory ABC registration to watch iView, Second Open Letter to the ABC Chair (23 Apr 2022)
Federal Election Platform Principles (11 Apr 2022)

Mandatory Registration for Use of ABC iView, Open Letter to Ita Buttrose, ABC Chair (2 March 2022), and the Response from Ita Buttrose, ABC Chair (8 March 2022).
Australia’s Electronic Surveillance Framework, Submission to Dept of Home Affairs, in conjunction with QCCL and Liberty Victoria (8 February 2022)
Animal Welfare Policy, Submission to NSW Legislative Council Standing Committee on State Development (5 February 2022)
Privacy Act Review - Discussion Paper, Submission to Attorney-General's Dept (24 January 2022)
Invitation to discuss an update to the Privacy Impact Assessment for the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP), Response to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (4 January 2022)

2021

Open Letter regarding the Frontier software data breach and Ambulance SA data breach (16 December 2021), and the response from the South Australian Treasurer (8 January 2022)
Response to the Draft National Healthcare Interoperability Plan 2021, Submission to the Australian Digital Health Agendy (13 December 2021)
Response to the Exposure Draft of the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Online Privacy and Other Measures) Bill 2021, Submission to the Attorney-General's Department (6 December 2021)
Feedback in response to Australia’s Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan, Submission to the Primary Health Reform Steering Group (3 November 2021)
Consultation Phase 3 of Australia’s Digital Identity Legislation (TDIF), Submission to DTA (28 October 2021)
Service Victoria Amendment Bill 2021, Response to the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet (25 October 2021), and their reply (15 November 2021)
Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2021, Letters to the Victorian Department of Health, the Victorian Health Minister, and the President of the Victorian Legislation Council (19 October 2021), and to members of the Cross Bench in the Victorian Legislative Council (25 October 2021). The initial response from the Victorian Department of Health (21 October 2021), a more detailed response from the Department following a meeting with the APF (19 November 2021), and our reply to their response (23 December 2021).

Request for a unified federal QR data law, Letter to the Prime Minister (24 September 2021), and the responses from the NSW Privacy Commissioner (19 October 2021) the Attorney-General's Department (5 November 2021), and the Victorian Minister for Police (15 November 2021)
Consumer Data Right (CDR) Strategic Assessment, Submission to Treasury (29 August 2021)
2021 Review of the Australian Banking Association Code of Practice, Joint submission by consumer organisations (20 August 2021)
Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Passport, Policy Statement, also in pdf format (11 August 2021)
Rollout of IRSI health data platform in Victoria, Submission to SWARH and Barwon (3 August 2021)
Consumer Data Right: Rules Amendments, Submission to Treasury, jointly with FRLC and others (23 July 2021)
Primary Health Reform Steering Group Draft Recommendations, Submission to Dept of Health (17 July 2021)
Call to action against surveillance-based advertising, Sign-up (6 July 2021)

Banking Code of Practice Review, Submission to ABA / Consumer Action (23 June 2021)
Vic Clinical Information Portal Plan, Submission to Victorian DHHS (11 June 2021)
Accellion Data Breach #1 and #2, Submissions to NSW Health and NSW Health Infrastructure (10 June 2021), and the Departmental Secretary's reply (31 August 2021)
Accellion Data Breach, Submission to NSW HealthCare Complaints Commissioner (10 June 2021)
CRISSP Data Breaches, Submission to Victorian Dept of Health (9 June 2021), and the Response (24 Jun 2021)
National Health (Privacy) Rules 2018 Review, Submission to OAIC (4 June 2021)
Consumer Data Right (CDR) Opt-Out, Submission to Dept of Treasury (20 May 2021)
Proposed Openly Code under the Privacy Act 1988, to Openly and OAIC (6 May 2021)
Complaint re ANU's Background Checking Policy and Practice (24 April 2021)
PHI and PIP-QI data collections, Letter to AIHW (5 April 2021)
Electronic Medical Record link to adverse health outcomes and APP10, Letter to ADHA (5 April 2021)
Electronic Medical Record link to adverse health outcomes and APP10, Letter to TGA (5 April 2021)
Federal Government quietly reward GPs for patient health data without getting informed consent, Media Briefing (1 April 2021)

MHR COVID immunisation health threat, Letter to Royal Brisbane Hospital (29 March 2021), and to the Australian Digital Health Authority (29 March 2021)
Data Availability and Transparency Regime, Submission to Senate Finance and Public Administration Committees (12 March 2021)
Guide to Securing Personal Information, Submission to OAIC (12 March 2021)
Staff Vaccination Status, Letter to OAIC (8 March 2021)
Submission in response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) in conjunction with the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, Liberty Victoria, and Electronic Frontiers Australia (11 February 2021)

2020

Bringing Australia's Privacy Act up to international standards, Submission in response to the Privacy Act Review - Issues Paper (18 December 2020)
Mobile Phone Visitor Data to Support Economic Growth, Letter to the Mayor of Gold Coast (19 November 2020), to Optus (19 November 2020), to the ACMA (19 November 2020), and to the AOIC (19 November 2020); and the responses from the Mayor's Office (27 November 2020), from Optus (23 November 2020), and from the ACMA (2 December 2020)
Response to the National Aviation Policy Issues Paper: Emerging Avation Technologies, Submission to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications (31 October 2020)
Submission responding to the Draft Determination on the authorisation of the PRDE, Submission to the ACCC (30 October 2020)
Response to the Legislative Review of My Health Records Act 2012, Submission to the Department of Health (20 October 2020)
Consumer Data Right - Legislative Amendments Response to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for a later sitting Bill 2020: amendments of the consumer data right, Submission to the Treasury (16 October 2020)
Consumer and Citizen Groups Continue To Have Serious Concerns About Google Fitbit Takeover, Joint Statement on Possible Remedies with 18 other global signatory organisations (15 October 2020)

Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy) Bills, Submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport (28 August 2020)
Consumer and Citizen Groups Have Serious Concerns About Google Fitbit Takeover, Common Statement with 19 other global signatory organisations (30 June 2020)
Re: COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Tas) s.30, Letter to the Tasmanian Premier and Opposition Leader (23 May 2020), the (non)reply from the Tasmanian Attorney General (21 July 2020), and the late reply from the Tasmanian Premier (10 August 2020)
Summary of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security's meeting with Civil Society Groups (14 May 2020)
Response to the Issues Paper: Issues Paper: Inquiry into the future directions of the consumer data right, Submission to Department of the Treasury (06 May 2020)
COVID-19, Privacy, and Fundamental Rights - NGO and Expert Statement to the OECD Secretary General, with the OECD Civil Society Internet Society Advisory Council (CSISAC) (6 April 2020)
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill, Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (1 April 2020)

Google LLC acquisition of Fitbit Inc, Submission to the ACCC (24 March 2020)
Human Rights and Technology Discussion paper, Submission to the AHRC (10 March 2020)
Response to the ACCC Consultation Paper: Consumer Data Right - Consultation on how best to facilitate participation of third party service providers, Submission to the ACCC (03 February 2020)
International Money Transfers Public Interest Determination, Submission to the OAIC (23 January 2020)
Privacy (Market and Social Research) Code Review, Submission to the AMSRO (16 January 2020)

2019

Census and Statistics Amendment (Statistical Information) Regulations 2019, Submission to The Treasury (20 Dececember 2019)
Issues Paper: Free and Equal: An Australian conversation on human rights, Submission to the AHRC (27 November 2019)
OAIC Draft Privacy Safeguard Guidelines (Consumer Data Right), Submission to the OAIC (20 November 2019)
Cybercrime Convention Committee’s Second Additional Draft Protocol, Signatory to Joint Letter to Head of the Cybercrime Unit of the Council of Europe (20 November 2019)
Australian Privacy Foundation Annual Report 2019 (18 November 2019)
Summary of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security's meeting with Civil Society Groups (13 November 2019)
Response to the draft privacy impact assessment of the proposed consumer data right regime, Submission to Maddocks working on behalf of the Department of the Treasury (21 October 2019)
Response to the ACCC Draft Report on Customer loyalty schemes, Submission to the ACCC (3 October 2019)

Response to the inquiry on Centrelink's compliance program ("Robo-debt"), Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee (20 September 2019)
Regulation of digital platforms as part of economy-wide reforms to Australia's failed privacy laws, Consultation on the Implementation of the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry - Final Report, Submission to the Australian Government (10 September 2019)
NGO Involvement in the Evaluation and Follow-Up Mechanisms for Data Protection Convention 108+, Submission to the Consultative Committee of Data Protection Convention 108 by the Australian Privacy Foundation (APF), the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Privacy International (PI) (31 August 2019)
Consultation on the Human Services Amendment (Photographic Identification and Fraud Prevention) Bill 2019), Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs (30 August 2019)
Consultation on the Disclosure of Business Tax Debts, Submission to the Department of the Treasury (20 August 2019)
Review of the Mandatory Data Retention regime, Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (18 July 2019)
Summary of the pilot meeting between the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Civil Society Groups (26 June 2019)

Report on the International Implications of the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance And Access) Act 2018 (4 June 2019)

Inquiry into Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2019, Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics (1 March 2019)
Performance audit of My Health Record, Supplementary submission to ANAO (28 February 2019)
Digital platforms: The need to restrict surveillance capitalism, Consultation on the Digital Platforms Inquiry - preliminary report, Submission to the ACCC (22 February 2019)
Performance audit of My Health Record, Submission to ANAO (19 February 2019)
Negotiations on Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Australia – Sustainability Impact Assessment, Submission to BKP Economic Advisors, München (25 January 2019)
Consumer Data Right, Submission to The Treasury (18 January 2019)

2018

Human Rights and Technology Project, Joint Submission with the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties and Electronic Frontiers Australia to the Australian Human Rights Commission (2 October 2018)

Consumer Data Right Regime Consultation, Submission to The Treasury (10 September 2018)
Privacy in Australia, Brief to UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Privacy (15 August 2018)
Conduct of the 2016 Federal Election: Cyber manipulation, Submission by Digital Rights Watch (and endorsed by APF) to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (6 August 2018)
Response to Issue Paper on New Australian Government Data Sharing and Release Legislation, Submission to the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet (1 August 2018)

Landowner Protection from Unauthorised Filming or Surveillance, Submission to NSW Legislative Council Select Committee (12 June 2018)

Open Banking Report – Final, Submission to The Treasury (23 March 2018)
Review of the Identity-matching Services Bill 2018 and the Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching Services) Bill 2018, Joint Submission with FutureWise to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (21 March 2018)
Comments on The Statistics Determination 1983 under the Census & Statistics Act 1905 (Cth), Submission to the Department of the Treasury. (15 February 2018)
Inquiry into new ICTs and the challenges facing law enforcement agencies, Submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Law Enforcement (9 February 2018)
Review of the Privacy (Credit Reporting) Code 2014n, Submission to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (25 January 2018)
United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, Brief of Privacy International, Human and Digital Rights Organizations, and International Legal Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent (19 January 2018)

2017

Centrelink Call-Centre's Inability to Switch Off Voice-Recording, Letter to the Department of Human Services (29 December 2017)
Potential for Industry Self-Regulation of the Integrated Number Base, the Do Not Call Register and Commercial Electronic Messages, Submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (11 December 2017)
Open Banking Review, Submission to Australian Treasury (6 November 2017)
Independent review of the Privacy (Credit Reporting) Code 2014, Joint Submission (18 October 2017)
Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP), letter to the ABS (8 October 2017), the meeting notes ABS forwarded to APF (27 October 2017), and APF's subsequent response to ABS (31 October 2017)

Independent Review of Health Providers’ Access to Medicare Card Numbers, Submission to the Shergold Review (8 September 2017)
Crimes (Invasion of Privacy) Amendment Bill 2017 (ACT), Submission to ACT Legislative Assembly (28 July 2017)

Request for a review by ANAO of the Department of Health’s My Health Record initiative, Letter to the Auditor General, Australian National Audit Office (17 July 2017)

Government Respect for Strong Encryption, Joint Communique to the Ministers Responsible for the Five Eyes Security Community (30 June 2017), mirrored here
Online Authentication of a Person's Identity and Attributes, Policy Statement (27 May 2017)
Privacy Law, Submission to W.A. Attorney-General (2 April 2017), and the vacuous reply (3 May 2017)
SmartRider Scheme Travel Data, Submission to W.A. Minister for Transport (2 April 2017)

International Cyber Engagement Strategy, Submission to Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade (31 March 2017)
Robot-Goverment and the Social Welfare System, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs (22 March 2017)
Human Rights Protections, Policy Statement (5 March 2017)
National Digital Health Strategy, Submission to Australian Digital Health Agency (29 January 2017)
Review of the Information Privacy Act (Qld), Submission to Queensland Attorney-General (19 January 2017)
The Imminent Threat of Automated Government in Centrelink and Health, Media Release (18 January 2017)
Data Retention – Access in Civil Proceedings, Submission to Dept of Communications (13 January 2017)

2016

Data Availability and Use, Second Submission to Productivity Commission (19 December 2016)
Re-Identification Offence Bill, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (16 December 2016)
Open Government National Action Plan, Supplementary Submission to Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (24 November 2016)
Open Government National Action Plan, Submission to Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (18 November 2016)
Review of ACCAN (Telecomms Act s.593), Submission to Dept of Communications (18 November 2016)
De-registration of Calling Number Display Code, Submission to ACMA (31 October 2016), and ACMA's business-serving reply (6 November 2016)
Census 2016, Supplementary Submission to Senate Economic References Committee (31 October 2016)
Big Data Analytics by National Security and Law Enforcement Agencies (24 October 2016)
Draft PIA Guide, Submission to NSW Privacy Commissioner (14 October 2016)

Census 2016, Submission to Senate Economic References Committee (27 September 2016)
Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF), Further Letter to Digital Transformation Office (25 September 2016)
A Possible Human Rights Act, Submission to Queensland Parliament's Legal and Community Safety Committee (29 August 2016)
Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF), Submission to Digital Transformation Office (23 August 2016), and a belated holding reply (23 September 2016)
Privacy Commissioner v. Telstra, Amicus Curiae Application to the Federal Court (23 August 2016)
Census 2016, second letter to PM, re: cloud hosting (4 August 2016), and the empty reply (9 August 2016)
Census 2016, letter to the Prime Minister (2 August 2016)
Data Availability and Use, Submission to Productivity Commission (29 July 2016)
Big Data and the APPs, Submission to OAIC (26 July 2016)
Election Challenge – 2016, Revised graphic display (1 July 2016), after a very late (and dismal) Coalition response

Privacy and the 2016 Census by former statistician Bill McLennan (30 June 2016)
Election Challenge – 2016, Summary of Results, and graphic display (23 June 2016)
Election Challenge – 2016, Invitation to Parties contesting the Federal Election in July 2016 (12 May 2016)
National Digital Health Strategy, Submission to Dept of Health (14 April 2016)

Put a stop to invasive Stingray surveillance, Signup to International Campaign (18 March 2016)
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), Submission to Joint Standing Ctee on Treaties (10 March 2016)
Privacy Amendment (Notification of Serious Data Breaches) Bill 2015, Submission to Attorney-General's Dept (4 March 2016)
Census 2016 and PIA, Submission to Australian Bureau of Statistics (12 February 2016), and the reply (19 February 2016), and a further reply (31 March 2016)
NSW mGov Service, Letter to NSW Privacy Commissioner (6 February 2016)
Re-appointment of Information Commissioner, Submission to Attorney-General (2 February 2016), and the vacuous reply (2 March 2016)
'Secure the Internet', Signup to Global Open Letter (11 January 2016)

2015

Privacy Tort, Submission to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry (15 December 2015), the Inquiry's Report (3 March 2016), and the government's do-nothing retort (6 September 2016)
eHealth Bill – Senate Committee on Community Affairs Report, Letter to Senators (10 November 2015)
National Facial Recognition Database, Letter to ACT Attorney-General (6 November 2015), and the reply (18 December 2015)
PCEHR (Information Commissioner Enforcement Powers) Guidelines, Submission to OAIC (2 November 2015)
Opt-Out and the PCEHR, Letter to Senators (30 October 2015)
Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Bill 2015, Submission to Senate Standing Committee On Community Affairs (28 October 2015)
Authority for Release of Photographs, Letter to NSW Privacy Commissioner (22 October 2015)
Health Privacy Resources for Providers and Consumers, Submission to OAIC (20 October 2015)

French Mass Surveillance Bill, Endorsement of Letter to the French Assembly, and another, mirror here (30 September 2015)
Remedies for Invasion of Privacy, Submission to NSW Legislative Council (23 September 2015)
Traditional Rights and Freedoms – Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws, Submission to ALRC (21 September 2015)
Sperm Donor Anonymity, Submission to Victorian Dept of Health (11 September 2015)
NSW Transport Opal Cards, Submission to NSW Transport Minister (24 August 2015), the PC'er's reply (25 September 2015) and the completely beside-the-point 'response' from the Minister (7 October 2015)
Data Retention in Peru, Signup to Access Now Statement, mirrored here (17 August 2015)
NSW Government Digital Profile Service, Submission to Service NSW (30 July 2015)
Security Clearance Data, Submission to Minister for Defence (15 July 2015), and the vacuous reply (14 August 2015
Defence Trade Controls Act (DTCA), Endorsement of Petition by International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), mirrored here (14 July 2015)

PCEHR/IHI Legislation, Submission to Dept of Health (24 June 2015)
Promote Strong Encryption and Anonymity in the Digital Age, Sign-up to Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Council (17 June 2015)
Guide to Privacy Regulatory Action, Submission to OAIC (5 June 2015)
Review of the Integrated Public Number Database (IPND), Submission to Dept of Communications (5 June 2014)
Data Retention Bill, Sign-on to an Open Letter to the Paraguay Senate (2 June 2015), and a report on the defeat of the Bill (5 June 2015)
The European Council's Data 'Reform' Package, Submission to European Commission (21 April 2015)
Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Bill, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (9 April 2015)

Surveillance in Australia, Submission to United Nations Human Rights Council, in conjunction with the US Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) (prime author), NSW CCL and Privacy International (24 March 2015)
Copyright Notice Scheme Industry Code, Submission to Communications Alliance (23 March 2015), and CA's response (22 April 2015)
Traditional Rights and Freedoms – Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws, Submission to ALRC (13 March 2015)
Verbal Evidence re Telecommunications Act s.313, followed by a Supplementary Submission, to HoR Committee on Infrastructure and Communications (4 March 2015)
Open Data Policy, Submission to the WA Premier (3 March 2015)
Privacy Cause of Action; and Data Retention, Submission to ACT Attorney-General (1 March 2015)
The Use of Encryption and Anonymity in Digital Communications, Submission to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (10 February 2015)
Human Rights as a Brake on Tyranny, Public Statement (4 February 2015)
Comprehensive Revision of Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, Speaking Notes for Evidence to Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs References Committee (2 February 2015)
Comprehensive Revision of Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, Supplementary Submission to Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs References Committee (1 February 2015)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014, Supplementary Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (31 January 2015)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014, Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence & Security (PJCIS) (19 January 2015)

2014

Consultation with Stakeholders, Submission to Privacy Commissioner (15 December 2014)
Guide to Privacy Regulatory Action, Submission to OAIC (12 December 2014)
APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) system, and non-renewal of TRUSTe's AA status, Submission to APEC, jointly with Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), plus further signatories (3 December 2014)
Performance audit of ACMA's regulation of unsolicited communications , Submission to ANAO (30 November 2014)
CoE Convention 108 Additional Protocol and Modernisation Proposals, Submission to Council of Europe Convention 108 Committee (17 November 2014)
Prepaid Mobile Id Checks, Submission to Dept of Communications (16 November 2014)
Engagement with Consumer and Privacy Advocates, Letter to Australian Retail Credit Association (ARCA), with Financial Rights Legal Centre, Consumer Action Law Centre and Financial Counselling Australia (11 November 2014)
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014, Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence & Security (PJCIS) (10 November 2014)
Freedom of Information Amendment (New Arrangements) Bill 2014 (Cth), Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee (6 November 2014)
The Veda Paid Credit Report and VedaScores , Complaint to OAIC, with Financial Rights Legal Centre, Consumer Action Law Centre and Financial Counselling Australia (20 October 2014)
Veda Free Credit Report and Marketing, Complaint to OAIC, with Financial Rights Legal Centre, Consumer Action Law Centre and Financial Counselling Australia (20 October 2014)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 , Submission to Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs References Committee (14 October 2014)
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014, Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security – JPCIS (2 October 2014)

Online Copyright Infringement, Submission to Attorney-General's Dept (5 September 2014)
Engagement, Letter to Google (31 August 2014)
Telecommunications Act s.313, Submission to House of Reps Standing Ctee on Infrastructure and Communications (24 August 2014)
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill, Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) (18 August 2014)
The PCEHR, Notes from Meeting with Dept of Health (15 August 2014)
Veda's Provision of Subject Access to Credit Reporting Information, plus App. A, App. B and App. C, Complaint to OAIC, with Financial Rights Legal Centre, Consumer Action Law Centre and Financial Counselling Australia (15 August 2014)
OAIC Guide to Information Security, Submission to OAIC (13 August 2014)
Dept of Health Use of SurveyMonkey re PCEHR, Submission to OAIC (8 August 2014), the response from the company (9 August 2014), and the response from OAIC, useless as ever (22 December 2014)
Privacy and Free Speech, Chair's Invited Address to HRC Free Speech Symposium (7 August 2014)
International Money Transfers (PID), Submission to OAIC (1 August 2014)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, Evidence to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee, mirrored here (29 July 2014)
Integrated Public Number Database (IPND), Submission to Department of Communications (28 July 2014)
Proposed Changes to Japanese Privacy Law, Submission to the Japanese government (24 July 2014)
Managing Drones' Privacy and Civil Liberties Impacts, Conference Presentation (24 July 2014)
Review of the PCEHR, Submission to Dept of Health (18 July 2014)
Draft Guide to Responsible Data Analytics, Submission to AGIMO (4 July 2014)
The 'Trans-Pacific Partnership' (TPP), Sign-on to Open Letter (4 July 2014)

Recognition of TRUSTe as a CBPR Accountability Agent, Submission to APEC ECSG (30 June 2014)
Opposition to Recognition of TRUSTe as a CBPR Accountability Agent, Submission to APEC (13 June 2014)
Review of the PCEHR, Response to the Health Minister (26 May 2014)
Disestablishment of the OAIC, Public Statement (16 May 2014)
Serious Invasions of Privacy, Submission to ALRC (12 May 2014)
Democratic Control of Surveillance by the State, Policy Statement (10 May 2014)
CitySafe CCTV and Transmission to iPads, Submission to Brisbane City Council (19 April 2014), and the dismissive reply (21 May 2014)
Security and Privacy Aspects of the PCEHR, Submission to Minister for Health (16 April 2014)

Drones, Policy Statement (31 March 2014)
OAIC's Draft Guide re Privacy Impact Assessments, Submission to OAIC (31 March 2014)
OAIC's Regulatory Action Policy, Submission to OAIC (31 March 2014)
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Framework, Submission to Clth Attorney-General's Dept (30 March 2014)
Engagement with NGOs, Submission to NSW Privacy Commissioner (18 March 2014)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, Submission to Senate Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs (17 March 2014)
Guidelines for Hosting State Government Data Outside NSW Borders, Submission to NSW Privacy Commissioner (16 March 2014), and the Commissioner's reply (17 March 2014)
CitySafe CCTV and Transmission to iPads, Submission to Qld Police Minister and Brisbane City Council (14 March 2014), and the BCC's Reply (4 April 2014)
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Submission to Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 March 2014)
Engagement, Letter to Australian Certified UAV Operators Inc. (ACUO) (8 March 2014)
Document Verification System, Submission to Attorney-General (7 March 2014)
Drones and Privacy, Oral Evidence to the HoR Social Policy and Legal AffairsCommittee, Hansard mirrored here (28 February 2014)
Privacy and eHealth Records: Victorian Healthcare Service, Letter to OAIC (23 February 2014), and the OAIC's action-avoiding response (7 March 2014)
Privacy and the PCEHR record, Letter to OAIC (21 February 2014), and the OAIC's action-avoiding response (7 March 2014)
Privacy and the PCEHR record, Letter to the Health Minister (21 February 2014)
Fingerprint Collection by SA Police, Letters to SA Premier and SA Leader of the Opposition (18 February 2014)
A statutory cause of action for invasion of privacy, Submission to S.A. Law Reform Institute (14 February 2014)
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2013, Submission to Senate Education and Employment Committee (10 February 2014)
Sign-on to the International 'Day We Fight Back', on 11 February (7 February 2014)
Proposals to Enhance the Document Verification Service (DVS), Submission to Attorney-General's Dept (7 February 2014)
Whois Policy Review, Submission to AuDA (31 January 2014)
Missing Persons Rules, Submission to OAIC (31 January 2014)
AML/CTF Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Rules, Submission to Austrac (28 January 2014)
Optimal period of registration on the Do Not Call Register, Submission to Dept of Communications (15 January 2014)

2013

Draft APP Guidelines 12-13, Submission to OAIC (16 December 2013)
Investigation and Control of Australian Spy Agencies Essential, Public Statement (4 December 2013)
ASD Disclosures of Personal Data to Foreign Countries, PI Complaint to Human Rights Commissioner (2 December 2013) and the response (6 December 2013)
ASD Disclosures of Personal Data to Foreign Countries, PI Complaint to Inspector-General of Intelligence & Security (2 December 2013) and the response (9 December 2013)
The PCEHR, Submission to the Review of the PCEHR (22 November 2013)
UN Draft Resolution re Privacy in the Digital Age, Letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Attorney-General (17 November 2013), and the reply from Foreign Affairs (not the Minister) (16 December 2013)
UN Draft Resolution re Privacy in the Digital Age, Letters to the 9 Human Rights, Privacy and Information Commissioners (17 November 2013), and the reply from the AHRC (28 November 2013)
Reference on Serious Privacy Invasions, Submission to ALRC (15 November 2013)
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR), Public Statement (3 November 2013)
Draft APP Guidelines 6-11, Submission to OAIC (29 October 2013)
Draft APP Guidelines 1-5, Submission to OAIC (8 October 2013)

The Opel Card, and Anonymous Use of Public Transport, Letter to NSW Transport Minister (29 September 2013), and the reply from the Minister (20 November 2013)
Pay Parking Anonymity, Letter to ACT Treasurer (24 September 2013), and the fairly positive reply from the Minister (14 October 2013)
International Data Privacy Standards, Revised Policy Statement (17 September 2013)
Internet Governance, Letter to IT for Change Coalition (28 August 2013)
Election Challenge – 2013, Summary of Results (18 August 2013)
Cloud Computing Industry Code, Submission to ACS (12 August 2013)
PCEHR – FAQ for Clinicians, Public Advisory Statement (11 August 2013)
PCEHR – FAQ for Consumers, Public Advisory Statement (11 August 2013)
Telecommunications Amendment (Get a Warrant) Bill, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Ctee (5 August 2013)
International Data Privacy Standards, Policy Statement (3 August 2013)
Suppression of Case Details (a BOTPA?), Letter to Deputy Chief of Army (1 August 2013), and his reply (7 August 2013)
International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance, Sign-on to International Instrument (31 July 2013)
Engagement with NGOs, Letter to Google Australia (25 July 2013)
Sexting by Minors, Submission to Senate Select Ctee on Cyber-Safety (24 July 2013)
Broadcast Media Regulation, Submission to ACMA (13 July 2013)

The APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules system, Submission to APEC Data Privacy Subgroup (24 June 2013)
Data Breach Notification aka PA (Privacy Alerts) Bill 2013, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Ctee (20 June 2013)
Prepaid Mobile Identity-Checking, Submission to ACMA (15 June 2013)
Chemicals of Security Concern, Submission to PIA Consultants (23 May 2013)
eHealth Consumer Privacy Fact Sheets, Submission to OIAC (15 May 2013)
TRUSTe's Accountability Agent Application, Submission to APEC Joint Oversight Panel (8 May 2013)
Review of CCTV Schemes, Submission to NSW Premier and Attorney-General (5 May 2013), and the Premier's dismissive reply (30 May 2013)
Data Breach Notification, Supplementary Policy Statement (4 May 2013)
Smart Meters, Submission to Clth Dept of Resources (3 May 2013)
Privacy Impact Assessments, Policy Statement (28 April 2013)
Meta-Principles for Privacy Protection, Policy Statement (28 April 2013)
Guidelines for Developing Codes, Submission to OAIC, plus APF's Annotations on the Guidelines (15 April 2013)
Data Breach Notification, Policy Statement (12 April 2013)
Election Challenge, Invitation to Parties contesting the Federal Election in September 2013 (11 April 2013), and the responses from:
The Greens (10 July 2013)
The Pirate Party (16 August 2013)
The Coalition (19 August 2013)
Big Data Strategy Issues Paper, Submission to AGIMO (7 April 2013)

Silent Numbers, Submission to Senate Committee on Environment and Communications (28 March 2013)
Application from TRUSTe for recognition as an APEC CBPR Accountability Agent, Submission to APEC CBPR (11 March 2013)
National Disability Insurance Scheme, Submission to FAHCSIA (11 March 2013)
Anonymous Travel on the M5, Submission to NSW Minister for Transport (10 March 2013)
An Online Database for Small Amount Lenders, Submission to ASIC (21 February 2013)
Substance Abuse Testing, Letter to Customs and Border Protection Service (18 February 2013)
DVS Extension Project, Submission to Attorney-General's Dept (15 February 2013)
Review of the Healthcare Identifiers Act and Health Identifier Service, Submission to Department of Health (14 February 2013)
Draft eHealth Fact Sheets, Supplementary Submission to OAIC (14 February 2013)
Draft eHealth Fact Sheets, Submission to OAIC (12 February 2013)
OAIC Guide to Information Security, Submission to OAIC (7 January 2013)

2012

Information Security, Policy Statement (23 December 2012)
Review of Freedom of Information (FOI) Laws, Submission to the Independent Reviewer, Dr Allan Hawke AC (20 December 2012)
Sexting, Evidence to the Victorian Law Reform Committee, mirrored here (10 December 2012)
PIA for the Document Verification System (DVS) Extension Project, Further Letter to Attorney-General's Dept (7 December 2012), and AGD's reply (14 December 2012)
Data Breach Notification, Submission to Clth Attorney-General's Dept (2 December 2012)
NSW Transport Opal Card, Letter to NSW Minister for Transport (29 November 2012), and her reply (18 January 2013)
PIA for the Document Verification System (DVS) Extension Project, Further Letter to Attorney-General's Dept (29 November 2012), and AGD's Reply (30 November 2012)
Privacy Amendment Bill, Submission to Senators (27 November 2012)
PIA for the Document Verification System (DVS) Extension Project, Letter to Attorney-General's Dept (18 November 2012), and AGD's Reply (26 November 2012)
Document Verification System (DVS) Extension Project, Correspondence with Attorney-General's Dept (18 November 2012)
Big data airport screening not ok, Letter to the Editor, AFR (6 November 2012)
PIAs for Digital Postal Services, Further Letters to Australia Post and Digital Post Australia (6 November 2012)
Deployment of Cloud Computing, Follow-Up Letter to Australian National University (6 November 2012)
National Trusted Identity Framework, and AGD's DVS Extension Project, Submission to Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet (31 October 2012), and the consultants' report (11 January 2013)
National Trusted Identities Framework (NTIF) (10 October 2012), Notes re Consultation on PM&C's Discussion Paper (September 2012)
Biometrics at ATMs, Letter to ANZ (6 October 2012)

eHealth record system (PCEHR) Data Breach Notification, Submission to OAIC (29 September 2012)
Privacy Act Regulations – Credit Reporting and Detailed Document, Submission to Attorney-General's Dept (28 September 2012)
eHealth record system (PCEHR) Enforcement Guidelines, Submission to OAIC (24 September 2012)
Credit Reporting Reform - Consumer Education, Submission to Clth Attorney_General's Dept (20 September 2012)
Deployment of Cloud Computing, Submission to Australian National University (17 September 2012), and the ANU CIO's Response (25 October 2012)
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), including the Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Submission to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (7 September 2011)
Review of AMSRO Code, Submission to Association of Market and Research Survey Organisations (AMSRO) (31 August 2012)
Do Not Knock Register Bill, Submission to Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs (27 August 2012)
The National Security Wish-List, Submission to Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security (20 August 2012)
Privacy Amendment Bill, Supplementary Submission to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee (10 August 2012), and Evidence to the Committee (10 August 2012)
Body Scanning for Internal Drugs, Follow-Up Letter to Customs (7 August 2012), and the reply (13 August 2012)
Privacy Amendment Bill, Supplementary Submission to House Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs (6 August 2012)
Privacy Amendment Bill, Submission to House Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs (3 August 2012)
Privacy Amendment Bill, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee (20 July 2012)
Face-Blurring on YouTube, Letter to Google (20 July 2012), and the reply (24 July 2012)
Appointment of a Replacement Privacy Commissioner, Follow-Up Letter to the Attorney-General of Queensland (17 July 2012), and the empty reply (26 July 2012)
Appointment of a Replacement Privacy Commissioner, Follow-Up Letter to the Attorney-General of Victoria (13 July 2012), and the empty reply (27 September 2012)
Body Scanning for Internal Drugs, Submission to Minister for Home Affairs, in conjunction with NSW CCL, Liberty Victoria, QCCL and CLA (8 July 2012), and Customs' reply (18 July 2012)

Bundled Consents, Letter to Minister for Human Services (25 June 2012)
Sexting, Submission to Victorian Parliament Law Reform Committee (7 June 2012)
The Emperor's New Clothes: PCEHR System Security, Dr Juanita Fernando's Presentation at AusCERT (18 May 2012)
ABS Compulsory Surveys, Submission to the Information Commissioner (4 May 2012)
Proposed Personal Data Protection Bill, Submission to Singapore Ministry of Information, Communications, and the Arts (MICA) (29 April 2012)
PIAs for Digital Postal Services, Letters to Australia Post and Digital Post Australia (22 April 2012), Australia Post's partial response (8 June 2012), and Digital Post's vacuous reply (22 June 2012)
Compulsory Surveys, Letter to ABS (22 April 2012), and the ABS's response, and its scanned letterhead (1 May 2012)
The US President's Privacy White Paper, Submission to the US Administration (14 April 2012)
PCEHR: Proposals for Regulations and Rules, Submission to Dept of Health and Ageing (11 April 2012)

Substance Abuse Testing and the Workplace, Policy Statement (31 March 2012)
Review of the Council of Europe Convention, Submission to Consultative Committee re the CoE Convention (28 March 2012)
Body Scanning, Submission to Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Ctee (26 March 2012)
Revocation of the Biometrics Institute Code, Submission to OAIC (21 March 2012)
Appointment of a Replacement Privacy Commissioner, Letter to the Victorian Attorney-General, and his immediate reply (13 March 2012)
Compulsory Surveys, Letter to ABS (9 March 2012), and the ABS's response, and its scanned letterhead (11 April 2012)
Infosheet on 'Biometrics and Privacy, Letter to the Victorian Privacy Commissioner (9 March 2012) plus annotations; and the Acting Commissioner's reply (27 March 2012)
Finkelstein Mostly Welcome, but Fails on Privacy Protection Aspects, Public Statement (7 March 2012)
Body Scanning Bill, Submission to HoR Committee on Infrastructure and Communications (4 March 2012)
Auto-Enrolment of Electors, Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (24 February 2012), and evidence, mirrored here (29 February 2012)
7 Days' Notice to Prepare Evidence, Letter to Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (17 February 2012), and the Chair's Response (20 February 2012)
Electoral Address Maintenance, Supplementary Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, and Evidence, mirrored here (15 February 2012)
The PCEHR Enabling Bills Governance Issues, Supplementary Submission to Senate Community Affair Committee (14 February 2012)
Broken Email-Address for Complaints, Letter to ABS (13 February 2012)
Substance Abuse Testing in the Workplace, Letter to AMEC (7 February 2012)
The PCEHR Enabling Bills, Evidence to the Senate Community Affairs Committee (6 February 2012), and mirror
Compulsory Surveys, Letter to ABS (3 February 2012), and acknowledgement (7 February 2012) and response p.1, p.2 and p.3 (23 February 2012)
Electoral Address Maintenance, Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (3 February 2012)
Google Terms and Policies, Letter to OAIC (29 January 2012), and the Info Commissioner's reply (16 April 2012)
Google Terms and Policies, Letter to ACCC (29 January 2012)
Policy Statement on Google Terms and Policies (29 January 2012)
Public Advisory Statement re Compulsory Surveys by ABS (28 January 2012)
An Appropriate Public Regulatory Body for Media Privacy, Supplementary Submission to the Independent Media Inquiry (9 January 2012)

2011

The Integrated Public Number Database (IPND), Submission to Dept of Broadband, etc. (23 December 2011)
Trusted Identity, Notes to Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet (21 December 2011), at a Workshop on this paper (of 9 December 2011)
Police Action in Relation to Fairfax, Letter to Victorian Electoral Commissioner (19 December 2011), and the reply (21 December 2011)
Trusted Identity, Notes to Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet (21 December 2011), at a Workshop on this paper (of 9 December 2011)
Privacy Guidelines for Broadcasters, Letter to ACMA (16 December 2011), and ACMA's Reply (22 December 2011)
Anonymity on Toll-Roads, Letters to the Operators of the Sydney Eastern Distributor and M2 (15 December 2011), and Transurban's reply (3 January 2012)
Letter from the Australian Information Commissioner (14 December 2011), and APF's reply
Engagement with Civil Society, Letter to Google (2 December 2011)
The PCEHR Enabling Bills, Submission to Senate Community Affairs Committee (21 December 2011)
Openness Harmful to Privacy, Letter to Information Commissioner (20 November 2011), and the Commissioner's Reply (7 December 2011)
An Appropriate Public Regulatory Body for Media Privacy, Submission to the Independent Media Inquiry (18 November 2011)
Cyber Discussion Paper, Submission to Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet / A/Gs Dept (14 November 2011)
Banning of an APF Nominee on a Pretext, Letter to NEHTA's CEO (11 November 2011), and the CEO's Reply (14 November 2011) and another (23 November 2011)
A Statutory Cause of Action, Submission to PM&C / Attorney-General's Dept (4 November 2011)
TFN Guidelines Review, Submission to OAIC (31 October 2011)
The PCEHR Draft Legislation, Submission to Dept of Health and Ageing (27 October 2011)
Review of ACCAN, Submission to Dept of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (23 October 2011)
Guidelines re Biometrics, Letters to the Privacy Commissioners, in conjunction with Liberty Victoria, NSW CCL, QCCL and CLA (19 October 2011):
Vic, and Reply (28 October 2011)
NSW, and Reply, Scanned and Text-Extractable (4 November 2011)
Qld, and Reply, Scanned and Text-Extractable (17 November 2011)
the Clth, and Reply (23 December 2011)
Biometrics in the Workplace, Policy Statement (15 October 2011)
Biometrics, Revised Policy Statement (15 October 2011)
Privacy Guidelines for Broadcasters, Submission to ACMA (14 October 2011), and ACMA's Response (16 December 2011)
Submission as amicus curiae in Roadshow v. iiNet, before the High Court, copy here (7 October 2011)

Body Scanners, Submission to Office of Transport Security (30 September 2011)
EU-Australia Passenger Name Record (PNR) Agreement, Further Comments (27 September 2011)
EU-Australia Passenger Name Record (PNR) Agreement, Public Statement (19 September 2011)
The Cybercrime Bill is Excessive and Unbalanced, Public Statement (4 September 2011)
Engagement by the Attorney-General's Department with Civil Society, Letter to the Attorney-General (1 September 2011) , in conjunction with Liberty Victoria, NSW CCL, QCCL, CLA, ISOC-AU and EFA, and the A/G's reply (28 October 2011)
Point to Point Cameras, Submission to ACT Greens, plus Notes on Mass Surveillance and copy of CCTV Policy Statement (22 August 2011)
Point to Point Cameras, Reply from ACT Minister for Transport to ours of 17 July (22 August 2011)
Point to Point Cameras, Submission to ACT Shadow Minister for Transport (22 August 2011)
Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill, Supplementary Submission to the Senate Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety (5 August 2011)
PCEHR Legislation Issues Paper, Submission to Dept of Health and Aging (3 August 2011)
Public Advisory Statement re Census 2011 (2 August 2011)
Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill, Evidence to the Joint Select Committee (1 August 2011), mirrored here
Media Paranoia Distorting Facts on Privacy Tort, Opinion Piece in Crikey (1 August 2011), mirrored here
Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill, Submission to the Senate Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety (26 July 2011)
A Privacy Right of Action, Policy Statement (21 July 2011)
'SA Laboratory exposes hundreds of personal medical details', Interview on ABC PM, mirrored here (18 July 2011)
Point-to-Point Cameras, Submission to ACT Minister for Transport (17 July 2011)
Google+ and Engagement with Civil Society, Letter to Google (15 July 2011)

Google+, Letter to Google (30 June 2011)
Smart Electricity Meters, Letter to ActewAGL (20 June 2011)
The PCEHR Concept of Operations - Addendum, Submission to NEHTA (7 June 2011)
The Collection of Third Party Data Through Networks such as Wifi, Policy Statement (31 May 2011)
The PCEHR Concept of Operations, Submission to NEHTA (30 May 2011)
Location and Tracking of Individuals through their Mobile Devices, Policy Statement (13 May 2011)
eHealth – Consumer Consultation and Project Governance, Letter to Minister for Health (18 April 2011)
eHealth – Consumer Consultation and Project Governance, Letter to DoHA (18 April 2011)
PCEHR – Consumer Consultation and Project Governance, Letter to NEHTA (18 April 2011)
The Proposed Merger of Centrelink, Medicare and DHS, Letter to Dept of Human Services (15 April 2011)
The National Partnership on E-Health, Submission to the Interim Review (5 April 2011)
Review of the 1980 OECD Guidelines, Submission by the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC) to the OECD (4 April 2011)

PIA re the Proposed Merger of Centrelink, Medicare and DHS, Letter to Dept of Human Services (31 March 2011)
Body Scanners, Yet Another Joint Letter to Office of Transport Security (31 March 2011), and the Dept's reply (21 April 2011)
PayPass Contactless Payment Technology, Submission to MasterCard Australia (30 March 2011)
Credit Reporting - Exposure Drafts of the Australian Privacy Amendment Legislation, Submission to Senate Committee on Finance and Public Administration (25 March 2011)
The Proposed Merger of Centrelink, Medicare and the Department of Human Services, Public Statement (23 March 2011)
The 'Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill' 2011 , Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee (9 March 2011)
De-Registration of Biometrics Code, Follow-up Letter to Privacy Commissioner, 9 months later (8 March 2011), and the Commissioner's reply (21 March 2011)
PCEHR – Consumer Consultation and Project Governance, Further Letter to the Minister for Health & Ageing (7 March 2011), and the Minister's eventual reply, p.1 and p.2 (26 May 2011)
PCEHR – Consumer Consultation and Project Governance, Letter to the Minister for Health & Ageing (3 March 2011)
Telecommunications Industry and the Credit Reporting Code, Support for Joint Submission to Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet (3 March 2011)
Electronic Transport Ticketing System, Letter to NSW Minister of Transport (2 March 2011), and the Department's Reply (25 March 2011)
PCEHR: Consumer Consultation and Project Governance, Letter to NEHTA and DoHA (25 February 2011)
Absence of PCEHR Consultation Processes with DoHA, Emails to Dept of Health & Aging (14 and 22 February 2011)
Body Scanners, Further Joint Letter to Office of Transport Security (18 February 2011)
Checklist of Privacy Concerns about the Personally Controlled eHealth Record (PCEHR), Submission to NEHTA (15 February 2011)
Body Scanners, Further Joint Reminder Letter to Office of Transport Security (2 February 2011), and at last, after more than 4 months, OTS's response (9/17 February 2011)
Review of the Workplace Surveillance Act 2005 (NSW), Submission to NSW Attorney-General's Dept (31 January 2011)
Engagement Between Google and Privacy Advocates, Letter to Google (26 January 2011)
Comments on the PCEHR Consumer Reference Group Meeting and Checklist of Consumer Concerns, Submissions to NEHTA (25 January 2011)
Financial Support for NGO Consultation Processes, Letter to Minister for Privacy and FOI (24 January 2011)
Draft NSW Human Rights Bill, Submission to NSW Parliament (18 January 2011), and the revised Draft Bill of Rights (4 February 2011)

2010

EHR may be a good idea, Opinion Piece submitted to the Melbourne Herald-Sun (30 December 2010)
Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill, Submission to Attorney-General's Dept (Cth) (13 December 2010)
Cost Recovery for Austracs Regulatory Functions, Submission to Austrac (13 December 2010)
Consultation Process re PCEHR, Further Letter to NEHTA (10 December 2010), partly in response to this NEHTA Summary of Issues
Online Privacy, Supplementary Submission to Senate Environment and Communications Committee (30 November 2010), plus the interim redacted version and the protestations of the accused and Transcript of Verbal Evidence (1 December 2010) and mirror, and coverage at The Australian also noted by ZDNet, and the Report (April 2011)
Consultation Process re PCEHR, Further Letters to NEHTA Clinical Lead re PCEHR Process Matters, and to NEHTA CIO re PCEHR Design Issues (15 November 2010)
Consultation Process re PCEHR, Submission to CEO of NEHTA (8 November 2010), and the CEO's reply (12 November 2010)
Jurisdictional Arrangements re Road Tolling, Follow-Up Letter to Australian Privacy Commissioner (3 November 2010), and the long-delayed reply (18 February 2011
Body Scanners, Further Letter to Office of Transport Security (1 November 2010)
Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, Submission to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee (28 October 2010), Supplementary Submission (9 November 2010), Verbal Evidence and Hansard (11 November 2010), and Answer to Question with Notice (14 November 2010)
WhoIs and RCI Policy Reviews, Submission to auDA, and Underlying Analysis (21 October 2010)
Point-to-Point Cameras (ANPR), Submission to ACT Minister for Transport (21 October 2010), and the Minister's reply (11 November 2010)
The eHealth National Security and Access Framework, Submission to NEHTA (10 October 2010)
Project Stop (Over-The-Counter Pseudoephedrine Products), Letter to Pharmacy Guild of Australia (9 October 2010)
iPads for Doctors, Submission to the CIO, Victorian Dept of Health (8 October 2010), the CIO's reply (20 October 2010), and the APF's further letter (21 October 2010)

Body Scanners, Letter to Office of Transport Security (28 September 2010), and the empty reply (28 October 2010)
Queensland Driver's Licence, Letter to Queensland Premier (14 September 2010)
Draft CCTV Code of Practice, Submission to Penrith Council (7 September 2010), the Council's CCTV Code (August 2010), based on the NSW Govt Code (2000)
A Mechanism for Engagement between Google and APF, Letter to Google (2 September 2010)
Possible new Privacy Act for the A.C.T., Submission to A.C.T. Attorney-General, jointly with CLA (30 August 2010)
Consequences of Google´s Ongoing Failure to Engage with Civil Society, Letter to Google (27 August 2010)
Emergency Warnings to Mobile Phones, Submission to Attorney-General's Department (27 August 2010), AGD's Reply (15 September 2010) and APF's Response (30 September 2010)
Proposed Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), Submission to Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee (18 August 2010)
Online Privacy, Submission to Senate Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts (13 August 2010)
Disclosure of Criminal Records, Letter to A.C.T. Chief Magistrate (9 August 2010)
Contact Details for a Patient's Genetic Relatives, Submission to the Australian Privacy Commissioner (6 August 2010)
iPads for Doctors, Letter to Alfred Health, Melbourne (5 August 2010)
Submission to the new Australian Privacy Commissioner, in conjunction with Liberty Victoria, NSW CCL, QCCL and CLA (2 August 2010), the response from the Privacy Commissioner (1 September 2010), and the response from the Information Commissioner (1 September 2010)
Consumer Advocacy 2010 Election Platform, Submission to the major parties (2 August 2010)
Abuse of Postal Voting Arrangements by Political Parties, Submission to Australian Electoral Commission (23 July 2010), and the AEC's very prompt reply (23 July 2010)
Inquiry into Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010, submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional C'tee (July 2010)
Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety (5 July 2010)

Critique of new Health Identifier (HI) Service Implementation and HI Service Communication documents, letter to NEHTA (26 June 2010), referring to APF eHealth Data and Health Identifiers policy
Request for clarification of the controls in the new health identifiers bill, letter to new PM Gillard (25 June 2010)
Urgent Request to Regulators to Demand Return of Google WiFi Data to Australia, letter to ACMA/AGD and OFPC (28 May 2010). The Attorney-General was subsequently reported to have "asked [the AFP] to investigate possible criminal breaches" (ABC News, 6 June 2010, and The Australian, 7 June 2010)
Request to Suspend Deletion of WiFi Data, letter to Google Australia (27 May 2010), forwarded by Google Aust to Google Inc. late on 28 May 2010
Healthcare Identifiers Bill, Letter to Shadow Health Minister (26 May 2010). Also to The Greens Health Spokesperson and similar letters to Independent Senators Fielding and Xenopohon
Body Scanning, further letter to Clth Minister for Transport, in conjunction with Liberty Victoria, NSW CCL, QCCL and CLA (17 May 2010), and the Minister's reply (5 July 2010)
Characteristics of a Privacy Professionals' Association, Letter to iappANZ (15 May 2010)
Collection and Use of WiFi-Related Information, Letter to Google Australia (13 May 2010), and Google Australia's reply (19 May 2010). Partly overtaken by Google HQ's Retraction and Apology (14 May 2010), mirrored here. Reported in The New York Times (16 May 2010)
Stakeholder Consultation on the Operation of the Australian Telecommunications Interception Framework, Letter to Communications Access Co-ordinator, Attorney-General's Department (6 May 2010)
Terms of Reference of the Committee on Cyber-Safety, Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety (29 April 2010)
Consumer Law Bill No. 2, Submission to Senate Economic Legislation Committee (22 April 2010)
Anti-People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010, Submission to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee (16 April 2010), and oral evidence (16 April 2010)
The Privacy Policies of Australian Universities, Submission to Universities Australia (14 April 2010), a holding reply (29 July 2010), and the eventual, empty reply (27 October 2010)
Fixed Speed Cameras, Submission to Queensland Parliamentary Economic Development Committee (14 April 2010)
Guide to Unfair Contract Terms, Submission to ACCC (13 April 2010)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Accession to the Wellington Declaration (12 April 2010)
Role of the Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Submission to that Committee (6 April 2010)

Support for Appropriate Approaches to eHealth, Letter to Dr M. Haikerwal, NEHTA Clinical Lead (23 March 2010)
Body Scanning, further letter to Clth Minister for Transport, in conjunction with Liberty Victoria, NSW CCL, QCCL and CLA (16 March 2010), and the Minister's mistaken response, p. 1 and p. 2 (4 May 2010)
De-Registration of Biometrics Code, Meeting Notes with the Deputy Privacy Commissioner (21 April 2010)
Numbers game a threat to privacy, OpEd by Juanita Fernando in Health, The Weekend Australian (6-7 March 2010)
Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010, Submission to Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee (4 March 2010) and oral evidence (10 March 2010); plus the submission by CLPC. To cope with the agencies' unreliable web-sites, here are mirrors of the Bill, submissions by NEHTA and DOHA, the Senate Committee Report, and the late-released draft Regulations
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children) Bill 2010, Submission to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee (23 February 2010), oral evidence (9 March 2010) and Supplementary Submission (11 March 2010)
Electoral Matter on the Internet, Letter co-signed with Digital Tasmania, to the Tasmanian Electoral Commissioner (19 February 2010)
Patient Access to HI-Related Patient Data, Letter to the Clth Dept of Health (12 February 2010), and the Department's response(24 February 2010)
Body Scanning at Airports, Updated Policy Statement (12 February 2010)
Australia Post Redirection Fees for NGOs, Letters to Senators (3 February 2010), and Reply from Senator Abetz (10 March 2010)
FOI and Information Commissioner Bills, Submission to the Senate Finance & Public Admin Committee (27 January 2010)
Do Not Call Register Legislation Amendment Bill 2009, Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communication & the Arts (27 January 2010)
Clarification Sought re Pseudonymous Health Identifiers, Letter to the Clth Minister for Health (22 January 2010), and Response (9 February 2010)
Body Scanning, letter to Clth Minister for Transport, in conjunction with Liberty Victoria, NSW CCL, QCCL and CLA (20 January 2010), and the Minister's seriously inadequate response (10 March 2010)
Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 (Exposure Draft), submission to Clth Dept of Health (7 January 2010), plus the submissions of Liberty Victoria and CLA, and an ABC Radio interview
Visual Surveillance including CCTV, Updated Policy Statement (6 January 2010)