Privacy policy aligned to the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988. Many small businesses with turnover under AU$3 million are currently exempt — except health service providers (many beauty/skin-treatment businesses) and businesses that trade in personal information — and a proposed second tranche of reforms may remove the small business exemption, so this policy is built "as if fully covered" from the start.
⚠️ This is a blank template, not legal advice: check the wording with a lawyer and adapt it to your jurisdiction and your case.
This template has no optional clauses: the text is the same for everyone. Field placeholders are shown as labels — on the site the template is read-only, values are entered inside the system.
PRIVACY POLICY
Business name (ABN Business ABN) Effective date: Effective date
This policy explains how Business name collects, holds, uses, and discloses personal information, in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
1. APPLICATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT TO THIS BUSINESS 1.1. Small business exemption status 1.2. Many small businesses with annual turnover under AU$3 million are currently exempt from the Privacy Act, but health service providers and businesses that trade in personal information are NOT exempt regardless of turnover. A proposed second tranche of Privacy Act reforms may remove the small business exemption altogether — confirm the current position before relying on any exemption.
2. WHAT WE COLLECT 2.1. What personal data we collect
3. WHY WE COLLECT IT 3.1. Purposes of collection and use
4. DISCLOSURE AND OVERSEAS TRANSFER 4.1. Disclosure to third parties & overseas transfer
5. STORAGE AND SECURITY 5.1. Storage and security of data
6. ACCESS AND CORRECTION 6.1. Access & correction rights
7. COOKIES AND ANALYTICS 7.1. Cookies & analytics
8. COMPLAINTS 8.1. Complaints process & OAIC 8.2. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au.
9. CONTACT 9.1. Questions about this policy, or requests to exercise your rights, may be sent to Privacy contact email.
⚠️ A statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy has applied since June 2025 and may apply to this business even where the small business exemption otherwise applies.
— — — ⚠️ This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. Australian workplace, consumer-protection, food safety, and work health & safety law combines uniform federal rules (Fair Work Act 2009, the National Employment Standards, the applicable Modern Award, the Australian Consumer Law) with state- and territory-specific rules that this template flags with ⚠️ but does not resolve for you — have it reviewed and adapted by a lawyer before use, check the current Fair Work Ombudsman resources at fairwork.gov.au (including free official templates and the P.A.C.T. pay calculator), and confirm the Modern Award classification and minimum pay rate in force on the date of use (rates change every 1 July).
Fields that belong to a switched-off clause are dimmed — they are not asked for.
e.g. orders, bookings, payments, CCTV footage, Wi-Fi logs, loyalty program
Payment processors, booking platforms, and any transfer of data overseas
Individuals can complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) if unsatisfied
1 of 12 fields are taken from the company, employee or counterparty record, the questionnaire can be dictated to the AI, and the finished document comes with a number, a PDF and an acknowledgement record.