From 12 March 2014 the Australian Privacy Principles will replace the National Privacy Principles (for the private sector) and the Information Privacy Principles (for the public sector).

The OAIC has released 2 comparison guides: one comparing the Australian Privacy Principles and Information Privacy Principles and another comparing the Australian Privacy Principles and the National Privacy Principles .

Each of the guides summarises the key differences between the two sets of principles and contains an analysis of the differences between the APPs and the existing principles.

The Australian Privacy Principles are in Schedule 1 of the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012.