Key Legislation

• Copyright-Act-1968, is a federal law that protects the creator of an original work from unauthorised reproduction, adaption or transmission.
• Privacy-Act-1988, is a federal law that applies to the government, businesses with an annual turnover of 3 million dollars and all private health services. Individuals personal information is protected under this act.
• Privacy-and-data-protection-act-2014, law introduced by the victorian government aims to protect individual's personal information held by organisations and government agencies
• Health-Records-Act-2001, law introduced by the victorian government that provides an outline the collection and handling of health information in public and private sectors.