Thanks Craig, good to see that the $200,000+ they throw at you is not
going to waste.

Dave Hooper.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Ng [mailto:Craig.Ng§maddocks.com.au] 
> Sent: Friday, 18 July 2003 11:09 AM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: [DNS] Fw: RE: FOI and Privacy Act request
> 
> 
> Mr Guy appears to confuse privacy, with freedom of information.
> 
> Freedom of information legislation applies generally to 
> Government departments and agencies.  Under the Freedom of 
> Information legislation, the public can access any document 
> of a Government department and agency, unless certain 
> exemptions apply.  The documents which a person can access 
> under FoI are not limited to 'personal information', or 
> information about the person requesting it.  Because auDA is 
> not a Government department or agency, the FoI legislation 
> does not apply to it.
> 
> Privacy legislation gives a person the right to access 
> 'personal information' held by an organisation about that 
> person.  It does not, however, entitle a person to access all 
> documents of that organisation. 
> auDA has voluntarily opted-in to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), 
> and the National Privacy Principles under that Act.  
> 
> The Information Privacy Act 2000 quoted by Mr Guy in his 
> request, is Victorian legislation that applies only to the 
> Victorian State Government's departments and agencies.  It 
> does not apply to auDA. 
> There is also no legislation in Australia known as the 
> 'Official Information Act', as far as I am aware.
> 
> In Chris Disspain's response to Mr Guy, Chris has clearly 
> complied with auDA's obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, 
> by advising Mr Guy about the personal information which is 
> held by auDA about him.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Craig Ng
> Partner
> Maddocks
> 
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