All, From several of our insiders at the commission, the push was to lesson privacy rights early on, now that trend has been reversed due to public outrage. This may be why now the details are being kept closely concealed. Of course I cannot and will not reveal our sources for obvious reasons. April 15, 2008) Australia's privacy commissioner Karen Curtis plans to issue draft guidelines regarding data breach notification to help companies address the issue while the details of the Privacy Act revision continue to be hammered out. Government agencies and businesses have contacted the privacy commissioner's office with questions about handling data security breaches. The guidelines will be voluntary; commentary on the guidelines will be accepted through June 16, 2008. The Australian Law Reform Commission's review of the 20-year-old Privacy Act is expected later this year, and it may be some time before new laws are enacted. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23539443-15306,00.html Regards, Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 281k members/stakeholders strong!) "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - Abraham Lincoln "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== Updated 1/26/04 CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com My Phone: 214-244-4827