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Privacy Act 2020

Information privacy principles and codes of practice - Information privacy principles

27: Restricted application of IPPs to personal information collected or held for personal or domestic affairs

You could also call this:

“ Limited privacy rules for personal or family information use ”

You don’t have to follow some of the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) if you’re an individual collecting or holding personal information just for your own personal or family matters.

If you’re collecting personal information only for your personal or family affairs, you don’t need to follow IPPs 1 to 3 and 4(b).

If you’re holding personal information that you collected legally only for your personal or family affairs, you don’t need to follow IPPs 5 to 12.

But be careful! These exemptions don’t apply if collecting, using, or sharing the personal information would be very upsetting to a reasonable person.

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Part 3 Information privacy principles and codes of practice
Information privacy principles

27Restricted application of IPPs to personal information collected or held for personal or domestic affairs

  1. IPPs 1 to 3 and 4(b) do not apply to an agency if that agency—

  2. is an individual; and
    1. is collecting personal information solely for the purposes of, or in connection with, the individual’s personal or domestic affairs.

      1. IPPs 5 to 12 do not apply to an agency if that agency—

      2. is an individual; and
        1. is holding personal information that was collected by a lawful means solely for the purposes of, or in connection with, the individual’s personal or domestic affairs.

          1. However, the exemptions in subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if the collection, use, or disclosure of the personal information would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.

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