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      • My Health Record: on a path to nowhere?
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        • Template for Complaints to the Federal Privacy Commissioner
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        • Substance Abuse Testing and the Workplace
        • Biometrics in the Workplace
        • Biometrics
        • A Privacy Right of Action
        • Body Scanning at Airports
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        • COVID-19 Surveillance
        • Democratic Control of Surveillance by the State
        • Drones
        • A Privacy Right of Action
        • Visual Surveillance including CCTV
        • Privacy and the Media
        • Road Tolls
        • Google StreetView
        • Workplace Email
        • Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)
      • Privacy of Personal Data
        • COVID-19 Surveillance
        • Online Authentication of a Person’s Identity and Attributes
        • Drones
        • Data Breach Notification
        • Information Security
        • A Privacy Right of Action
        • Smart Grids and Smart Meters
        • Road Tolls
        • Identity Scanning by Registered Clubs
        • Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)
      • Internet and Mobile Issues
        • COVID-19 Surveillance
        • Online Authentication of a Person’s Identity and Attributes
        • A Privacy Right of Action
        • Collection of Third Party Data Through Networks such as Wifi
        • Location and Tracking of Individuals through their Mobile Devices
        • Cloud Computing
        • Workplace Email
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Fundamentals

Fundamentals

  • What’s ‘Privacy’?, by a member of the APF Board
  • Introduction to Privacy, by a member of the APF Board
  • Privacy Overview, by Privacy International (PI)
  • The Australian Situation, by Privacy International
  • The Australian Situation, by an APF Board member
  • The International Situation, by PI
  • BOTPA ­ Blame it On The Privacy Act

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