Information Technology Chapter 10

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The Privacy Act 1988

APP1: Open and Transparent management of personal information

Data must be managed in a open and transparent manner. Includes having a easy to follow, accessible and current privacy policy.

APP2: Anoonymity and Pseudonymity

Individuals must have the option of not identifiying themselves

APP3: Collection of solicited personal information

Organisation mustnt collect personal info unless required for one or more organisation's functions or activity's. Sensitive info only colelcted with individuals consent. Sensitive info must be required

APP4: Dealin with unsolicited personal information

What to do with unwannted information

If the information is permitted by APP3 then APP 5-13 Applies

APP5: Notification of the collection of personal information

Must notify individual about personal information being collected

APP6: Use and disclosure of personal information

Organisation must only use or disclose information for the purpose it was collected for.

APP7: Direct Marketing

Organisation must get consent from individual for direct market purposes

APP8: Cross-Border Disclosure

If organisation wants to disclose information overseas, then must make sure organisation dosen't breach the APP's (Besides APP1)

APP9: Adoption, use or disclosure of government related identifiers

Organisations are prohibited from adopting, using or disclosing government related identifier

APP10:Quality of personal information

Organisation must make sure info is acurate, up-to-date and complete

APP11: Security of personal information

Organisation must protect personal information from inteference, loss, damage, unauthorised access

APP12: Access to personal information

Organisation must give individual access to the personal information, organisation must respond in reasonable time

APP13: Correction of personal information

Organisation must make sure personal information is acurate, up-to-date and complete.

Privacy act is mandatory for:

Organisations working for government

Organisations with turnover of over 3 million

Organisations which hold medical inforamtion

Organisations which sell personal information

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Copyright Act 1968

Copyright is free and automatic. if you are the creator of a work you automatically own it

Owner of copyright can choose when and how there work will be distributed, published or communicated

When dealing with copyrighted work, it is illegal to copy or share the work withought permission

Individuals can only legally copy 10%

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Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006

Section 13: Privacy and reputation

A person has the right to his or her own privacy

Section 14: Freedom of thought, conscienc, religion and belief

Person has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief

Section 15: Freedom of expression

Person has the right to hold an oppinion and express that oppinion in medium.

However the section must be lawful in nature and respect the rights and reputations of others.

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Spam Act 2003

Individuals should only be sent emails which they have consented to recieve. Organisations or individuals which send it must identify themself.

No address-harvesting (Illegal trade of email list's amongsts spammers)

Open source software (OSS) / Creative commons (CC)

(OSS) Software made to be shared. However often protected by a license.

(CC) Organisation which releases licences that allow owners to waive some or all copyright rights.