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PRIVACY ACT 1988 - SECT 19

Guide to this Part

In general, this Part deals with the privacy of information relating to credit reporting.

Divisions   2 and 3 contain rules that apply to credit reporting bodies and credit providers in relation to their handling of information relating to credit reporting.

Division   4 contains rules that apply to affected information recipients in relation to their handling of their regulated information.

Division   5 deals with complaints to credit reporting bodies or credit providers about acts or practices that may be a breach of certain provisions of this Part or the registered CR code.

Division   6 deals with entities that obtain credit reporting information or credit eligibility information by false pretence, or when they are not authorised to do so under this Part.

Division   7 provides for compensation orders, and other orders, to be made by the Federal Court or Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division   2).



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