M2 - Learner Manual
3. Privacy, Confidentiality and Privilege
Office of the Privacy Commissioner[1]
What is Privacy?
The word 'privacy' means different things to different people. Your idea of privacy is likely to be different from the ideas of your family and friends.
Types of privacy
The type of privacy covered by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and is the protection of people's personal information. However, this is just one aspect of privacy. Other types of privacy can include territorial privacy and physical or bodily privacy and privacy of your communications.
The Office of the Privacy Commission generally handles privacy issues which involve a person's personal information. This can include privacy issues associated with information about location, health and body and communications with others.