Do Australians care about privacy? This infographic describes the changes in the number of complaints to the Privacy Commissioner from 2013 to 2014 and the number of complaints investigated by the Privacy Commissioner. What are the outcomes of the investigations? How do you avoid being investigated by the Privacy Commissioner? People are more concerned now about privacy than they were and more aware of Privacy Laws than ever before. The percentage of people concerned about privacy has risen by 10% in line with the increase in awareness of Privacy Laws. What can you do to avoid being investigated by the Privacy Commissioner? Have a Consent Statement for you customers/clients to sign; Have an Information Statement available for your customers/clients; Have a Privacy Policy for you staff to follow and available for you customers/clients. Call 1300 882 032 to avoid thousands of dollars in legal fees and possibly gaol.

1. Consent Statement
A request for permission to contact
directly for the purpose of marketing
or fundraising
Information Statement
A set of required information to be
provided to an individual when
collecting their data or soon after
Privacy Policy
Full details fo your privacy practices
to be provided to an individual on
request
AVOID BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER
Statistics from the Office of the
Australian Information
Commissioner
www.etiennelaw.com
Call 1300 882 032
to avoid thousands of dollars in legal fees
and the possibility of gaol.
Australians More Concerned
About Privacy Than Ever
0
20
40
60
80
100
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People concerned
about privacy
People aware of
privacy laws
Outco
m
esof Investigations
1496
1357
Com
plaintsinvestigated
Complain
ts to the Privacy Co
m
missioner
2014
2013
2007
11.8%
9.4%