The Federal Privacy Commissioner has released its submission to the Productivity Commission's Research Study into Public Support for Science and Innovation, in response to a request for advice on the interaction between privacy regulation and medical research.
The submission gives a good summary of the complex laws that apply in this field that led many researchers to bring these issues to the attention of the Privacy Commissioner and a Federal Parliamentary Committee when they looked at privacy in the private sector earlier this year.
Between the Productivity Commission and the Australian Law Reform Commission (already undertaking a review of privacy laws) they might come up with some answers to smooth the way for research that advances health objectives without adverse effect on privacy interests.
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