Victoria – Australian Privacy Foundation

Surfveillance: Swellnet’s SurfCam at Winki Pop, Report Prepared for the Surfrider Foundation Surf Coast Branch (8 Nov 2023)

Service Victoria Amendment Bill 2021, Response to the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet (25 October 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)
Rollout of IRSI health data platform in Victoria, Submission to SWARH and Barwon (3 August 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)
CRISSP Data Breaches, Submission to Victorian Dept of Health (9 June 2021), and the Response (24 Jun 2021)

Sexting, Evidence to the Victorian Law Reform Committee, mirrored here (10 Dec 2012)
Appointment of a Replacement Privacy Commissioner, Follow-Up Letter to the Attorney-General of Victoria (13 Jul 2012), and the empty reply (27 September 2012)
Sexting, Submission to Victorian Parliament Law Reform Committee (7 Jun 2012)
Appointment of a Replacement Privacy Commissioner, Letter to the Victorian Attorney-General, and his immediate reply (13 Mar 2012)
Infosheet on ‘Biometrics and Privacy, Letter to the Victorian Privacy Commissioner (9 Mar 2012) plus annotations; and the Acting Commissioner’s reply (27 Mar 2012)

Police Action in Relation to Fairfax, Letter to Victorian Electoral Commissioner (19 Dec 2011), and the reply (21 Dec 2011)
Guidelines re Biometrics, Letters to the Privacy Commissioners, in conjunction with Liberty Victoria, NSW CCL, QCCL and CLA (19 Oct 2011):
Vic, and Reply (28 Oct 2011)

iPads for Doctors, Submission to the CIO, Victorian Dept of Health (8 Oct 2010), the CIO’s reply (20 Oct 2010), and the APF’s further letter (21 Oct 2010)

Disclosure of Personal Data by Victoria Police – submission to the Victorian Privacy Commissioner (8 December 2009), and the OVPC’s Media Release (later on 8 December 2009)
Disclosure of Personal Data by Victoria Police – submission to the Victorian Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security (8 December 2009), and the Commissioner’s evasive ‘reply’ (14 December 2009)
Disclosure of Personal Data by Victoria Police – submission to the Federal Privacy Commissioner (8 December 2009), and further submission (9 December 2009)