Two recent decisions of the Federal Court have engaged with the interface of privacy rights arising pursuant to legislation and dealing with creditor personal information as required by the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Personal information protected under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) includes information about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable. Subject to certain exceptions, Australian Privacy Principle 6 (APP 6) Use or Disclosure of Personal Information, prohibits the use or disclosure of personal information for any reason other than the particular purpose for which it was collected. Relevantly, this prohibition does not apply where the use or disclosure of the information is…
