Australian privacy law applies to personal information such as a person's name, address and phone number. There is no general “right to privacy” in Australia.

Instead, the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) imposes various obligations on those collecting, using or dealing with someone’s personal information. Certain businesses must comply with such law, though it's a good idea for all businesses to do so. For most businesses it's about developing and following a privacy policy. Here's ours.

Affected businesses must follow the National Privacy Principles. These NPPs were first developed by the OECD. This has helped harmonise privacy law across many jurisdictions. Special considerations apply for niche areas such as health and finance.

Privacy law complaints may be made to the privacy commissioner - http://www.privacy.gov.au/.