To answer this question, please select “yes” if your business fits any of the following descriptions: 

  • A health service provider such as a private hospital, a day surgery, a medical practitioner, a pharmacist or an allied health professional; 

  • A complementary therapist, such as a naturopath or a chiropractor; 

  • A gym or weight loss clinic; 

  • A child care center, a private school, or a private tertiary educational institution; 

  • A business that sells or purchases personal information (e.g. you sell the personal information that you collect to a data broker or you purchase email lists from a data broker); 

  • A contractor that provides services under a Commonwealth contract (i.e. you provide services to an Australian government agency); 

  • An operator of a residential tenancy database; 

  • A credit reporting body; 

  • A reporting entity for the purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act of 2006; 

  • An employee association registered or organized under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act of 2009; 

  • A business that conducts protection action ballots; 

  • A business that is related to another business that the Privacy Act of 1988 covers (e.g. you are a child company and your parent company is required to comply with the Australia Privacy Act 1988); 

  • A business prescribed by the Privacy Regulation of 2013; 

  • A business that has opted in to be covered by the Australia Privacy Act 1988 (i.e. you have chosen to comply with this law even if it does not technically apply to you). 

Related Privacy laws

This question will help the software determine whether Australia Privacy Act 1988 may apply to you.