Cabinet Paper Reforming the Privacy Act 1993 [pdf, 360 KB]
...Any costs to agencies that are not already complying are outweighed by the proposal’s benefits, which include promoting public confidence in the management of information outsourced overseas and enhancing remedies if information is mismanaged in offshore processing. International Comparisons – cross-border outsourcing 68. This cross-border outsourcing proposal is consistent with the law in Canada, the UK and Australia. The EU directive and the revised OECD guidelines support thi...