Privacy (Private Sector) Regulations 2001
3AASmall business operators treated as organisations (Act s 6E)
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3AA Small business operators treated as organisations (Act s 6E)
(1) For subsection 6E(2) of the Act, a small business operator that operates a residential tenancy database is prescribed. (2) For subsection 6E(2) of the Act, the following acts or practices of a small business operator of the kind mentioned in subregulation (1) are prescribed: (a) an act done, or a practice engaged in, in connection with collecting personal information for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a residential tenancy database; (b) an act done, or a practice engaged in, in connection with maintaining personal information on a residential tenancy database; (c) an act done, or a practice engaged in, in connection with using or disclosing personal information that is stored on a residential tenancy database. (3) In this regulation:
residential tenancy database means a database:
(a) that stores personal information in relation to an individual’s occupation of residential premises as a tenant; and
(b) that can be accessed by a person other than the operator of the database or a person acting for the operator.