IP addresses and personal information (was Re: [LINK] Fwd: On Line Opinion - 16 February 2007)

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Irene Graham wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:11:47 +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:52:38 +1100, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>
>>>The talk I went to by Hitwise was pretty compelling see
>>><http://www.hitwise.com.au/products-services/how-we-do-it.php>
>>>
>>Tell me where this doesn't breach either or both of the Privacy Act and
>>the Telecommunications Act:
> 
> 
> EFA would like to know that as well. 
> 
Apparenthly it complies according to
> 
> PricewaterhouseCoopers Data Integrity and Privacy Audit Report
> 
> June 2006
> 
> Hitwise management statement on the privacy relating to information collected from data partners and the information collected from customers of the Hitwise services, as well as the integrity of the data processed and presented via the Hitwise Competitive Intelligence Services website.
> 
<snip>
> Hitwise's disclosed privacy policy and practices complies with the following regional privacy law:
> 
> 1. United States Federal Privacy Law; New York, California and Texas State Privacy Law
> 2. United Kingdom: The Data Protection Act 1998; The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
> 3. Australia: The Privacy Act 1988; privacy related laws in Telecommunications Act 1997
> 4. New Zealand: The Privacy Act 1993
> 5. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
> 6. Singapore: Relevant statutes and common law torts (note no overarching privacy or data protection law in Singapore)
<http://www.hitwise.com.au/other/pwc-audit-report.php>



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