Second Reading Speeches

Telecommunications Amendment (Integrated Public Number Database) Bill 2006

Type
Government
Portfolio
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Telecommunications Act 1997
to strengthen privacy protections for telephone subscribers in relation to the use of personal information contained on the integrated public number database (IPND) for the publication and maintenance of public number directories, while permitting the disclosure and use of IPND information for limited public interest research purposes.

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