The adequacy of protections for the privacy of Australians online
Information about the Inquiry
On 24 June 2010 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts for inquiry and report.
Please note that the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee is also currently conducting an inquiry into elements of Australian privacy law (
https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/fapa_ctte/priv_exp_drafts/index.htm). The two inquiries are separate, and some individuals and groups may wish to contribute to both inquiries.
The Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee is seeking written submissions for its Online Privacy inquiry.
Submissions should be received by 30 September 2010. The reporting date is 20 October 2010.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to eca.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3526 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5818 or by email to eca.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia