Course Timetable & Reading Guides

6 October 2008

Prior reading	Topic 0 - Course introduction; Overview of information privacy; Brief history of privacy legislation in Australia	Greenleaf - Privacy in Australia Materials Vol 1 - 1 (ALRC Report introduction to enquiry) RG - Forms and sources of privacy law RG - History of Australian privacy Powerpoints
17/9 - 1	Topic 1 - What is privacy / surveillance? - Theories	Materials Vol 1 - 1 RG - Theories of privacy and surveillance Powerpoints
17/9 - 2	Topic 2 - General law protection of privacy	Materials Vol 1 - 2 ALRC Report Ch 74 NSWLRC CP1 Invasion of Privacy RG - General law protection of privacy Powerpoints
17/9 - 3	Topic 3 - International development of privacy legislation	Materials Vol 1 - 3 RG - International development of privacy legislation Powerpoints
17/9 - 4	Topic 4 - Key concepts in privacy laws and IPPs	Materials Vol 1 - 4 ALRC Report Ch 6 (Definitions) - Ch 19 (Consent) RG - Key Concepts Powerpoints
18/9 - 1	Topic 5 - Enforcement and administration of privacy laws	Materials Vol 1 - 5 ALRC Report Part F, particularly Ch 47 (Powers), Ch 49 (Complaints) and Ch 50 (Enforcement) NSWLRC CP3 Privacy legislation in NSW RG - Enforcement and implementation Powerpoints
18/9 - 2	Topic 5 (cont) - Enforcement and administration of privacy laws	As above
18/9 1-2pm	Research skills class (Computer Lab) on Australian Privacy and Surveillance Law Library (AustLII) and International Privacy Law Library (WorldLII)	Handout on each Library
18/9 - 3	Topic 6 - Collection principle	Materials Vol 2 ALRC Report Ch 21 (Collection) - Ch 23 (Notification) RG - Collection principles Powerpoints
18/9 - 4	Topic 7 - Anonymity & Identifiers principles Topic 8 - Surveillance laws	Materials Vol 2 ALRC Report - Ch 20 (Anonymity) - Ch 30 (Identifiers) - Ch 12 (Identify Theft) RG - Anonymity and Identification RG - Surveillance laws Powerpoints
2/10 - 9:30am	Symposium Introduction – Special Minister of State, Senator John Faulkner
2/10 - 10am	Symposium 1 – Building consumer trust in electronic commerce?	See materials for Topic 1 and throughout
2/10 - 11am	Symposium 2 – Delivering effective enforcement of privacy rules and remedies for breaches?	Reading as for Topic 5
2/10 - 12am	Symposium 3 – Providing a set of global best practice Privacy Principles?	Reading as for Topics 6-11
2/10 - 1:30pm	Symposium 4 – Meeting international standards for cross-border data transfers?	Reading as for Topic 12
2/10 - 2:15pm	Symposium 5 – Who will be protected by a private right of action?	Reading as for Topic 2
2/10 - 3:20pm	Symposium 6 – Limiting the growth of a Surveillance Society?	ALRC Report Ch 33 (Overview of exceptions) and the rest of Part E (Exceptions)
2/10 - 4pm	Symposium 7 – How well do the proposals meet the privacy challenges ahead?
7/10 - 1	Topic 9 - Use and Disclosure principles (including Data Quality)	ALRC Report Ch 25 (Use and disclosure) - Ch 26 (Direct Marketing) - Ch 27 (Data Quality) RG - Use and disclosure principles Powerpoints on Use & Disclosure ALRC Report Ch 33 (Overview of exceptions) and the rest of Part E (Exceptions) Powerpoints on exceptions
7/10 - 2	Topic 10 - Access and Correction principles	ALRC Report - Ch 29 (Acess and Correction) RG - Access, correction and openness Powerpoints on Access, Correction & Openness
7/10 - 3	Topic 11 - Security and related principles (Data breach notification, data retention)	ALRC Report - Ch 28 (Security) RG - Security, retention and deletion Powerpoints on security, retention and deletion
7/10 - 4	Topic 12 - Cross-border data transfers Topic 13 - Additional proposed principles	ALRC Report - Ch 31 (Cross-border Data Flows) RG – International / Data Export Prohibitions NPP 9 Transborder data flows Powerpoints on Cross-border principles ALRC Report - Ch 32 (Additional Privacy Principles)