- SECT 270
Simplified outline
* Carriers, carriage service providers, number-database operators, emergency
call persons and their respective associates must protect the confidentiality
of information that relates to: (a) the contents of communications that have been, or are being, carried by
carriers or carriage service providers; and * The disclosure or use of protected information is authorised in limited
circumstances (for example, disclosure or use for purposes relating to the
enforcement of the criminal law).
The following is a simplified outline of this Part:
(b) carriage services supplied by carriers and carriage service providers;
and
(c) the affairs or personal particulars of other persons.
* An authorised recipient of protected information may only disclose or use the
information for an authorised purpose.
* Certain record-keeping requirements are imposed in relation to authorised
disclosures or uses of information.