Privacy principles
This course provides employees and organisations with a clear understanding of their responsibilities under Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Participants will learn how to correctly collect, use, store, and disclose personal information in line with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), and how to apply those obligations when using AI tools at work. The course also covers the recent privacy reforms, including the statutory right for individuals to sue over serious invasions of privacy, substantially increased penalties, and the automated decision-making disclosure requirements commencing December 2026.
Who this course is for
Whether you're learning solo or rolling training out across a whole team, the course fits.
Inside the course
The legislation this course covers
Australia’s primary privacy legislation governing the handling of personal information.
Thirteen principles outlining how organisations must collect, use, disclose, store, and manage personal information.
Introduced the statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy, anti-doxxing offences, a tiered civil penalty regime, and automated decision-making transparency obligations.
Sets out when an eligible data breach must be reported and how.
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), responsible for enforcing privacy compliance.
Content reviewed by subject-matter experts and updated when legislation changes.
Make it yours.
Your policies, your scenarios, your branding — three customisation levels, from logo and terminology to fully tailored media and role-based learning paths. Typical turnaround: 5–15 business days.
This course comes in the AI-ready workplace pack.
The pack bundles it with AI compliance Australia and Cybersecurity awareness and best practices — quoted together, customised as a set, one rollout.
Set the ground rules before something leaks.
This course is intended for educational purposes only and provides general guidance on privacy obligations. It does not constitute legal advice. Content reviewed as at July 2026.
