Australia

www.privacy.gov.au

The theme of this year’s Privacy Awareness Week is 'Privacy: where do you draw the line?'

Schedule

Monday 4 May

Tuesday 5 May

Wednesday 6 May

Thursday 7 May

Friday 8 May

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Material released during Privacy Awareness Week

Media Releases

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Information Sheets

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PSD report

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Youth Portal

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Privacy Matters

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Case notes

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Promotional Items

Limited numbers may apply for each order. Contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner if you wish to organise a paid bulk order on 1300 363 992 or at PrivacyAwarenessWeek@privacy.gov.au.

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Poster

Privacy Awareness Week Australian poster 2009

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Privacy Awareness Week desktop wallpaper 2009
Privacy Awareness Week desktop wallpaper 2009

Logon Screen

Privacy Awareness Week logon screen 2009

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Australia - What you can do

Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Australia

1. Activities for promoting privacy among staff

All-staff email

Send an email at the beginning of Privacy Awareness Week to all staff explaining what the week is about and reminding staff of their privacy responsibilities. If possible, have your CEO or agency head send out this email as a way of showing your organisation's overall commitment to good privacy practice.

Put up Privacy Awareness Week posters

Design posters for Privacy Awareness Week. Consider adding your details to advertise your role as your organisation's privacy contact officer. Consider a display of posters and privacy materials on a table in your office's staff area. See above.

Distribute the 'Privacy Please' door hanger to staff

Distribute the 'Privacy Please' door hanger to your staff to promote good privacy practices. See above.

Distribute the Privacy Principles bookmark to staff

The Privacy Act includes ten National Privacy Principles (NPPs) that private sector organisations must comply with, and 11 Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) that Australian and ACT Government agencies must comply with. The Office has a supply of privacy bookmarks with a simplified version of the NPPs on one side and the IPPs on the other - see above.

Distribute the privacy ruler to staff

Distribute the privacy ruler to your staff to promote good privacy practices. See above.

Prepare log-in screen

Prepare a log-in screen for all of your organisation's computers that contains messages reminding staff of the importance of privacy.

Publish an article on your intranet

Consider publishing an article about privacy on your organisation's intranet. What are the privacy challenges that your organisation and staff members face? How can these challenges be met?

Hold a training/information session on privacy

This could be a detailed training session that you schedule during the week, or perhaps just a simple information session outlining issues around collection or security of personal information.

Run a privacy quiz

Run a quick privacy quiz in your team. See examples of privacy quizzes at http://www.privacy.gov.au/publications/index.html#Q

Hold a privacy movie screening

Invite staff to attend a screening of a movie or television episode with a privacy theme during a lunch hour.

Encourage compliance with a particular privacy principle

Privacy Awareness Week is an opportunity to encourage your organisation's staff to address a particular NPP or IPP. For example, get sections of your office to ensure that their databases are up-to-date (NPP3/IPP8). 

Collaborate with other privacy contacts

Are there any other privacy compliance staff that you work closely with? Consider joining forces to coordinate promotional material or activities for your organisation. 

2. Activities to promote your privacy policies and practices to your clients

Publish an article

Consider publishing an article about privacy in your organisation's newsletter or on its website. How does your organisation effectively address privacy challenges?

Develop a layered privacy notice

If your organisation doesn't yet have one, consider developing a layered privacy notice. This offers a condensed snapshot of the organisation's privacy policy and will enhance the ease with which people access and understand the policy. See the Office's layered notice at www.privacy.gov.au/policy/index.html.

Develop privacy FAQs

Consider developing some ‘Frequently Asked Questions' on your organisation's privacy policy and practices for placement on your website.

Think about launching significant new privacy documents this week

Have you developed privacy material, such as privacy FAQs or a new layered privacy policy? Consider launching them during Privacy Awareness Week.

Distribute the Privacy Principles bookmark to clients

Distribute the Privacy Principles bookmark to your clients to promote Privacy Awareness Week. See above.

Distribute the privacy ruler to clients

Distribute the privacy ruler to your clients to promote Privacy Awareness Week. See above.

Distribute the 'Privacy Please' door hanger to clients

Distribute the 'Privacy Please' door hanger to your clients to promote Privacy Awareness Week. See above.

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