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Privacy Act 2020

About the code

The Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2020 (TIPC) applies specific rules to telecommunications agencies to better ensure the protection of individual privacy. It addresses the telecommunications information collected, held, used, and disclosed by telecommunications agencies.

We have amended the TIPC twice. In March 2026 we issued Amendment No 2 to the TIPC to reflect new Information Privacy Principle 3A (IPP3A).

In October 2025 we issued Amendment No 1 to the TIPC to better support search and rescue and ensure it worked as intended with changes to operational arrangements for emergency information.

Type

Name

Status

Issued

In force

Code

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2020 (consolidated, in force 1 May 2026)

Active

March 2026

1 May 2026

Amendment

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2020 Amendment 2 (in force 1 May 2026)

Related:

Active

March 2026

1 May 2026

Code

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2020 (consolidated, in force 8 December 2025)

Not latest

30 October 2025

8 December 2026

Amendment

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2020 Amendment 1 (in force 8 December 2025)

Related: 

Active

30 October 2025

8 December 2025

Code

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2020 (in force 1 December 2020, not latest)

Related: 

Not latest

28 October 2020

1 December 2020

Code

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 (consolidated, in force 7 May 2020, revoked)

Revoked

8 April 2020

7 May 2020

Amendment

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 Amendment 7 (in force 7 May 2020)

Related:

Revoked

8 April 2020

7 May 2020

Amendment

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 Amendment 6 (in force 28 September 2017)

Related:

Revoked

25 August 2017

28 September 2017

Amendment

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 Amendment 5 (in force 2 March 2017)

Related:

Revoked

26 January 2017

2 March 2017

Amendment

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 Amendment 4 (in force 15 October 2015)

Related:

Revoked

9 September 2015

15 October 2015

Amendment

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 Amendment 3 (in force 1 August 2004)

Related:

Revoked

3 June 2004

1 August 2004

Amendment

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 Amendment 2 (in force 1 November 2003)

Revoked

8 October 2003

1 November 2003

Amendment

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 Amendment 1 (in force 1 November 2003)

Revoked

25 September 2003

1 November 2003

Code

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 (in force 1 November 2003 and 1 April 2005, revoked)

Revoked

2 May 2003

1 November 2003, 1 April 2005