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

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:24 AM 24/02/2007, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>was too broad and contrary to the spirit of the Privacy Act and that 
>under the Aviation Act they could have chosen a less intrusive 
>method of dissemination.  My complaint was rejected.

My guess is because the loophole in the Privacy Act that it is 
secondary to other legislation. The govt and it's instruments can 
write itself out of compliance with the act, I believe.

Jan


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