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Information Privacy Links

Queensland Health's implementation of IS42A exists within a broad context. Privacy is an issue of Departmental, State, Federal and International interest, concern and importance.

The following links can be accessed to gain a broader understanding of privacy and to access information regarding research and debates on aspects of privacy from national and international perspectives.

• Department of Public Works, Office of Government ICT - all Information Standards pertaining to the Queensland Government.
  
• Department of Justice and the Attorney-General (Queensland)

Federal sites

• The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner
  
• The Federal Attorney-General's Department

Sites in other States

• Office of the New South Wales Privacy Commissioner
  
• NSW Health - a number of items can be found under a general `privacy' search.
  
• Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner
  
• Victorian Department of Human Services
  
• Office of the Victorian Health Services Commissioner
  
• Northern Territory Government - Northern Territory Draft Information Bill Discussion Paper

International Government Sites

Asia / Pacific

• Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
  
• The Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand

North America

• Privacy Commissioner of Canada - see especially the Links to Provinces and Territories and the Health Links (Ontario is recommended)
  
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - useful to search under `medical privacy' in the `select a topic' section
  
• Office of Information Practices, State of Hawaii - this includes the Medical Privacy Taskforce

Europe

• Data Protection Commissioner, Ireland
  
• UK Data Protection Commission - useful to do a `health' search.

Research Centres and Non-Government Organisations

• Australian Privacy Charter Council (NGO)
  
• Health Privacy Project, Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University
  
• Privacy.org - daily news and information in relation to privacy. Joint project of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Washington D.C.) and Privacy International (Washington D.C. and London).
  
• Electronic Privacy Information Center - Public interest research centre - Washington D.C.
  
• Privacy 2000 - especially the Presidential Privacy Archives

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