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Privacy Act 1988 - Approval of the Biometrics Institute Privacy Code
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G. STANDARDS
Code Subscribers must be aware of and take account of the relevant national and international standards for information protection and biometric systems which prevail from time to time. Depending on the jurisdiction and role of Code Subscribers these may include:
- AS/NZS ISO/IEC 17799:2001 Information technology - Code of practice for information security management, produced by Standards Australia
- AS/NZS ISO/IEC 27001:2006 Information technology - Security techniques - Information security management systems - Requirements
- Australian Communications Security Instruction (ACSI) 33 Australian Government Information and Communications Technology Security Manual, produced by the Defence Signals Directorate
- Australian Government's Protective Security Manual (PSM), produced by the Attorney-General's Department
- International Standards produced by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and their Australian adoptions, produced by Standards Australia, such as:
- ISO/IEC 19784-1:2006 Information technology - Biometric application programming interface - Part 1: BioAPI specification
- ISO/IEC 19785-1:2006 Information technology - Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework - Part 1: Data element specification
- ISO/IEC 19785-2:2006 Information technology - Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework - Part 2: Procedures for the operation of the Biometric Registration Authority
- ISO/IEC 19794-1:2006 Information technology - Biometric data interchange formats - Part 1: Framework
- ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 Information technology - Biometric data interchange formats - Part 2: Finger minutiae data
- ISO/IEC 19794-4:2005 Information technology - Biometric data interchange formats - Part 4: Finger image data
- ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 Information technology - Biometric data interchange formats - Part 5: Face image data
- ISO/IEC 19794-6:2005 Information technology - Biometric data interchange formats - Part 6: Iris image data
- ISO/IEC 19795-1:2006 Information technology - Biometric performance testing and reporting -- Part 1: Principles and framework
- Relevant travel document standards, produced by bodies including the International Civil Aviation Organization.