Most businesses are required to have a privacy statement and to make it readily available to consumers. The purpose of having such a statement is to enable individuals to find out about how an organisation handles their personal information. As such, a privacy statement must be drafted to accurately reflect an organisation’s information handling practices. Statements that either omit information or that are misleading will, in the event of an investigation, weigh heavily against an organisation.

Privacy Law Consulting Australia has extensive expertise developing privacy statements and can assist clients with:

• drafting statements – for new businesses and businesses that are preparing for compliance with information privacy laws for the first time;

• amending statements – to reflect new information handling practices; and

• conducting periodic reviews – to ensure that a privacy statement is up-to-date and accurately reflects existing information handling procedures.