Whether a start–up or a listed ASX company, your business
opportunities are increasingly on–line and/or overseas. At
last count over 80 countries have adopted data privacy laws and
Australia's new Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) come into
effect from 12 March 2014. The new APPs, overseas laws and
attitudes toward data privacy are very different from business as
you know it.
What you think you know about data privacy in Australia and
overseas may just be wrong! This "Top Ten" fact sheet
dispels some common misconceptions about privacy.
10. BUSINESS INFORMATION IS NOT PERSONAL INFORMATION
"Personal information" is not restricted to one's
personal life. In most countries it is any information that can be
used to identify an individual (even indirectly) and, in some
countries, company names are considered personal data.
