Section 56EB — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Kinds of CDR data to which the privacy safeguards apply

(1) The privacy safeguards only apply to CDR data for which there are one or more CDR consumers.

Note: One requirement for CDR data to have a CDR consumer is that there needs to be at least one person who is identifiable, or reasonably identifiable, from the CDR data or from related information (see paragraph 56AI(3)(c)).

(2) The privacy safeguards apply to CDR data whether the CDR data is true or not.

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Related sections

s 56CN — Delegation
s 56DA — Minister may recognise external dispute resolution schemes
s 56EA — Simplified outline
s 56EC — Relationship with other laws
s 56ED — Privacy safeguard 1—open and transparent management of CDR data
s 56EE — Privacy safeguard 2—anonymity and pseudonymity

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