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9 Adoption, use or disclosure of government-related
identifiers
Note 1 The Commonwealth Act includes a privacy principle regulating the
adoption, use or disclosure of government-related identifiers by certain
private sector entities (see Commonwealth APP 9).
Note 2 However, Commonwealth APP 9 applies to an act or practice of a public
sector agency if the agency engages in commercial activities (see s 23).
Schedule 1 Territory privacy principles
Part 1.4 Integrity of personal information
Section 10
page 58 Information Privacy Act 2014
Effective: 16/12/25
R13
16/12/25
Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au
Part 1.4 Integrity of personal information
10 TPP 10—quality of personal information
10.1 A public sector agency must take reasonable steps to ensure that the
personal information that the agency collects is accurate, up-to-date
and complete.
10.2 A public sector agency must take reasonable steps to ensure that the
personal information that the agency uses or discloses is, having
regard to the purpose of the use or disclosure, accurate, up-to-date,
complete and relevant.