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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 270

Simplified outline

    The following is a simplified outline of this Part:

  Carriers, carriage service providers, number - database operators, emergency call persons and their respective associates must protect the confidentiality of information that relates to:

  (a)   the contents of communications that have been, or are being, carried by carriers or carriage service providers; and

  (b)   carriage services supplied by carriers and carriage service providers; and

  (c)   the affairs or personal particulars of other persons.

  The disclosure or use of protected information is authorised in limited circumstances (for example, disclosure or use for purposes relating to the enforcement of the criminal law).

  An authorised recipient of protected information may only disclose or use the information for an authorised purpose.

  Certain record - keeping requirements are imposed in relation to authorised disclosures or uses of information.



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