This section is concerned with privacy-intrusive actions by corporations, and by industry associations that represent their interests. For specific topics, see also the index to policy-areas.
- Call to action against surveillance-based advertising, Sign-up (6 July 2021)
- Staff Vaccination Status Letter to OAIC (8 March 2021)
- 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)
- Consumer and Citizen Groups Have Serious Concerns About Google Fitbit Takeover, Common Statement with 19 other global signatory organisations (30 June 2020)
- Google LLC acquisition of Fitbit Inc, Submission to the ACCC (24 Mar 2020)
- International Money Transfers Public Interest Determination, Submission to the OAIC (23 Jan 2020)
- Privacy (Market and Social Research) Code Review, Submission to the AMSRO (16 Jan 2020)
- Response to the ACCC Draft Report on Customer loyalty schemes, Submission to the ACCC (3 Oct 2019)
- Independent Review of Health Providers’ Access to Medicare Card Numbers, Submission to the Shergold Review (8 Sep 2017)
- De-registration of Calling Number Display Code, Submission to ACMA (31 Oct 2016)
- Copyright Notice Scheme Industry Code, Submission to Communications Alliance (23 March 2015), and CA’s response (22 Apr 2015)
- Performance audit of ACMA’s regulation of unsolicited communications , Submission to ANAO (30 Nov 2014)
- Prepaid Mobile Id Checks, Submission to Dept of Communications (16 Nov 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 Nov 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 Oct 2014)
- Veda Free Credit Report and Marketing, Complaint to OAIC, with Financial Rights Legal Centre, Consumer Action Law Centre and Financial Counselling Australia (20 Oct 2014)
- Online Copyright Infringement, Submission to Attorney-General’s Dept (5 Sep 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 Aug 2014)
- Dept of Health Use of SurveyMonkey re PCEHR, Submission to OAIC (8 Aug 2014), the response from the company (9 Aug 2014), and the response from OAIC, useless as ever (22 Dec 2014)
- Engagement, Letter to Australian Certified UAV Operators Inc. (ACUO) (8 Mar 2014)
- Drones and Privacy, Oral Evidence to the HoR Social Policy and Legal AffairsCommittee, Hansard mirrored here (28 Feb 2014)
- Privacy and eHealth Records: Victorian Healthcare Service, Letter to OAIC (23 Feb 2014), and the OAIC’s action-avoiding response (7 Mar 2014)
- Whois Policy Review, Submission to AuDA (31 Jan 2014)
- AML/CTF Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Rules, Submission to Austrac (28 Jan 2014)
- Optimal period of registration on the Do Not Call Register, Submission to Dept of Communications (15 Jan 2014)
- Cloud Computing Industry Code, Submission to ACS (12 Aug 2013)
- PCEHR – FAQ for Clinicians, Public Advisory Statement (11 Aug 2013)
- PCEHR – FAQ for Consumers, Public Advisory Statement (11 Aug 2013)
- Broadcast Media Regulation, Submission to ACMA (13 Jul 2013)
- PIAs for Digital Postal Services, Further Letters to Australia Post and Digital Post Australia (6 Nov 2012)
- Review of AMSRO Code, Submission to Association of Market and Research Survey Organisations (AMSRO) (31 Aug 2012)
- Do Not Knock Register Bill, Submission to Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs (27 Aug 2012)
- Face-Blurring on YouTube, Letter to Google (20 July 2012), and the reply (24 Jul 2012)
- PIAs for Digital Postal Services, Letters to Australia Post and Digital Post Australia (22 Apr 2012), Australia Post’s partial response (8 Jun 2012), and Digital Post’s vacuous reply (22 Jun 2012)
- Substance Abuse Testing and the Workplace, Policy Statement (31 Mar 2012)
- Revocation of the Biometrics Institute Code, Submission to OAIC (21 Mar 2012)
- Finkelstein Mostly Welcome, but Fails on Privacy Protection Aspects, Public Statement (7 Mar 2012)
- Substance Abuse Testing in the Workplace, Letter to AMEC (7 Feb 2012)
- Google Terms and Policies, Letter to OAIC (29 Jan 2012)
- Google Terms and Policies, Letter to ACCC (29 Jan 2012)
- Policy Statement on Google Terms and Policies (29 Jan 2012)
- An Appropriate Public Regulatory Body for Media Privacy, Supplementary Submission to the Independent Media Inquiry (9 Jan 2012)
- The Integrated Public Number Database (IPND), Submission to Dept of Broadband, etc. (23 Dec 2011)
- Police Action in Relation to Fairfax, Letter to Victorian Electoral Commissioner (19 Dec 2011), and the reply (21 Dec 2011)
- Privacy Guidelines for Broadcasters, Letter to ACMA (16 Dec 2011), and ACMA’s Reply (22 Dec 2011)
- Anonymity on Toll-Roads, Letters to the Operators of the Sydney Eastern Distributor and M2 (15 Dec 2011), and Transurban’s reply (3 Jan 2012)
- Engagement with Civil Society, Letter to Google (2 Dec 2011)
- An Appropriate Public Regulatory Body for Media Privacy, Submission to the Independent Media Inquiry (18 Nov 2011)
- Review of ACCAN, Submission to Dept of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (23 Oct 2011)
- Biometrics in the Workplace, Policy Statement (15 Oct 2011)
- Biometrics, Revised Policy Statement (15 Oct 2011)
- Privacy Guidelines for Broadcasters, Submission to ACMA (14 Oct 2011), and ACMA’s Response (16 Dec 2011)
- Submission as amicus curiae in Roadshow v. iiNet, before the High Court, copy here (7 Oct 2011)
- Google+ and Engagement with Civil Society, Letter to Google (15 July 2011)
- Google+, Letter to Google (30 Jun 2011)
- Smart Electricity Meters, Letter to ActewAGL (20 Jun 2011)
- The Collection of Third Party Data Through Networks such as Wifi, Policy Statement (31 May 2011)
- Location and Tracking of Individuals through their Mobile Devices, Policy Statement (13 May 2011)
- PayPass Contactless Payment Technology, Submission to MasterCard Australia (30 Mar 2011)
- Credit Reporting – Exposure Drafts of the Australian Privacy Amendment Legislation, Submission to Senate Committee on Finance and Public Administration (25 Mar 2011)
- Engagement Between Google and Privacy Advocates, Letter to Google (26 Jan 2011)
- Project Stop (Over-The-Counter Pseudoephedrine Products), Letter to Pharmacy Guild of Australia (9 Oct 2010)
- Consequences of Google’s Ongoing Failure to Engage with Civil Society, Letter to Google (27 August 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
- 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)
- Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Accession to the Wellington Declaration (12 April 2010)
- eHealth Data and Health Identifiers, Policy Statement (28 August 2009)
- eHealth Care Data Breach, Policy Statement (28 August 2009)
- Access to Share Registers, to Clth Treasury (21 July 2009)
- ‘Nurses paid to scout for Vioxx drug firm’, to OFPC (May 2009)
- Medical Director and AsteRx data, to OFPC (May 2009), and reply (May 2009)
- Review of Consumer-related Industry Code Processes, to the Dept of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (May 2009)
- Re Mobile Premium Services (MPS) Code and Guideline, joint NGO Letters to ACMA, ACCC, and The Minister (March 2009)
- ALRC Report Part H – Health, Submission to Clth PM & C (February 2009)
- Fair Work Bill, Submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee (February 2009)
- Personal Property Securities Bill, Evidence to the Senate Legal & Constitutional C’tee (January 2009), mirrored here
- Enforcement of the Do Not Call Register, Policy Update (October 2008)
- Policy Statement on Road Tolls (Sep 2008)
- Identity Scanning by Registered Clubs, Policy Statement (September 2008)
- Google StreetView, Policy Statement (August 2008)
- Re Communications Alliance’s lack of attention to privacy, APF Letter (9 June 2008), CA’s Reply (19 June 2008), and APF’s Further Letter (30 June 2008)
- Workplace Email, Policy Statement (April 2008)
- Google StreetView, Policy Statement (April 2008)
- The State of Media Freedom, 2nd submission to ‘Australia’s Right to Know’ Coalition (October 2007)
- Unsolicited Commercial Faxes or ‘Fax Spam’, to DCITA (30 August 2007)
- Scanning of Identification Documents, submission to Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (August 2007)
- The State of Media Freedom, submission to ‘Australia’s Right to Know’ Coalition (August 2007)
- Use of IPND information to provide Location Dependent Carriage Services (LDCS), submission to DCITA (August 2007)
- Tenancy Database Regulations, submission to Cth AGs re Draft Privacy (Private Sector) Amendment Regs (June 2007)
- EFTS Code Review, submission to ASIC (May 2007)
- Draft Telecommunications (Do Not Call Register) (Telemarketing and Research Calls) Industry Standard Variation 2007: Proposed ‘Sunday call’ variation, Submission to ACMA (May 2007)
- Further Dilution of the Do Not Call Register, Submission to ACMA (13 April 2007)
- Credit Reporting Provisions, ALRC Issues Paper No. 32 (March 2007)
- Access Card: Emergency Medical Info (Discussion Paper #2), to Access Card Taskforce (March 2007)
- Submission to NeHTA re UHI Blueprint (March 2007)
- Draft Consumer Privacy Code of Practice on RFID in Retail (March 2007)
- IPND Scheme and Legislative Instruments, to ACMA and DCITA (March 2007)
- Letter to Privacy Commissioner re SWIFT Complaint of Jul/Oct 2006 (February 2007)
- Subm. to ALRC privacy review (February 2007)
- Breach of Privacy Act by Australian Financial Institutions (through SWIFT), to Privacy Commissioner (October 2006)
- Market and Social Research Privacy Code, to AMSRO (October 2006)
- Calling Number Display, with CTN, to Communications Alliance (September 2006)
- Proposed Telemarketing Standard, to ACMA (September 2006)
- Submission to national ID card (‘Access Card’) task force, with covering letter (July 2006)
- SWIFT – disclosures of Australians’ financial information without warrant to the USA, to Privacy Commissioner (July 2006)
- Do Not Call Register Bill 2006, to a Senate Committee (June 2006)
- Charging for unlisted numbers (Silent lines), to OFPC, TIO, ACMA and ACCC (April 2006)
- Identity checks for pre-paid mobile phones, to ACMA (April 2006)
- Ethical Conduct in Human Research, to NH&MRC (March 2006)
- Genetic Testing Policy of the Investment and Financial Services Association Ltd (IFSA), to ACCC (March 2006)
- Costs of Consumer Codes, to ACMA (February 2006)
- Review of the Spam Act, to DCITA (February 2006)
- Application to the ACCC re the ADMA Code (December 2005)
- Submission re a Do-Not-Call Register, to DoCITA (November 2005)
- Submission to ACIF re the Code for the Handling of Life Threatening and Unwelcome Calls (November 2005)
- Submission to the Human Gene Patents and Genetic Testing Advisory Group (November 2005)
- Submission re ACMA Consultation Paper: Disclosure of CLI to 190 Service Providers (October 2005)
- ‘E-tags are another example of surveillance by stealth’ (SMH Ope-Ed Piece by Chair Anna Johnston, 25 August 2005)
- ACMA re Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) (31 July 2005)
- HREOC re Employment Discrimination based on Criminal Records (February 2005)
- Aust Communications Authority: Regulatory Issues re VoIP (January 2005)
- Review of the Private Sector Provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (December 2004)
- ACIF re Unfair Consumer Contracts (November 2004)
- Summary of Responses to APF’s Election Challenge to Political Parties, including the ALP, Democrats and Liberals (October 2004)
- APF’s Election Challenge to Political Parties (August 2004)
- Google GMail Service – Letter to Federal Privacy Commissioner (23 April 2004)
- Clth Attorney-General re Employee Records (16 April 2004)
- Submission to the Australian Casino Association re its draft Privacy Code (May 2003)
- Submission to the OFPC on draft Information Sheet: “Taking reasonable steps ….” (January 2003)
- Submission to OFPC on draft Information Sheet: Questions and Answers about Privacy and Personal Information that is Publicly Available (December 2002)
- Submission to OFPC on Consultation Paper on Privacy – Collection of Publicly Available Personal Information (September 2002)
- Letter to Federal Privacy Commissioner (jointly by APCC, APF and ACA) concerning consultation on draft Codes of Practice. (February 2002 – APCC)
- Submission to Internet Industry Association on the IIA draft Privacy Code of Practice (October 2001 – APCC)
- Draft NPP Guidelines, Privacy Commissioner (July 2001 – APCC)
- Code Development Guidelines, Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (June 2001 – APCC) (Word97 document, with revision-markings)
- Inquiry into the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (August 2000)
- Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee re Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 (filename Submission Senate Aug 00) (August 2000 – APCC)
- House of Representatives Committee Inquiry re the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 (May 2000 – APCC) (Cwth May 00.doc)
- Proposed National Privacy Legislation (January 2000 – APCC) (CwthJan00.doc)
- Proposed legislation for the protection of privacy in the private sector (October 1999 – APCC) (CwthSept99.doc)
- Senate Select Committee on Information Technology Inquiry into Self-Regulation (Senate IT Inquiry.doc) (August 1998)
- Senate Legal & Constitutional References Committee’s Privacy Inquiry (June 1998 – APCC) (Senate Privacy Inquiry.doc)
- Financial System Inquiry (January 1997 – APCC) (Fsisb2.doc)
- Financial System Inquiry (the Ralph Review) (October 1996 – APCC) (Fsisb1.doc)
- National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC) (30 January 1994)
- Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Banking, Finance and Public Administration’s Inquiry into Fraud on the Commonwealth (8 July 1992)