•   Carriers, carriage service providers, number - database operators, emergency call persons and their respective associates must protect the confidentiality of information that relates to:

  (a)   the contents of communications that have been, or are being, carried by carriers or carriage service providers; and

  (b)   carriage services supplied by carriers and carriage service providers; and

  (c)   the affairs or personal particulars of other persons.

•   The disclosure or use of protected information is authorised in limited circumstances (for example, disclosure or use for purposes relating to the enforcement of the criminal law).

•   An authorised recipient of protected information may only disclose or use the information for an authorised purpose.

•   Certain record - keeping requirements are imposed in relation to authorised disclosures or uses of information.