Privacy Notice
The personal information you provide to the Policy Register (including through any submissions) is collected by IP Australia for the purposes of gaining stakeholder insights and feedback into various policy issues and feedback on the Policy Register trial. Your personal information is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and is protected by the Privacy Act 1988. Our Privacy Policy states how you may access and correct the personal information we hold; how we protect your personal information; how you may make a privacy complaint and how we will deal with your complaint; and the contact details for IP Australia’s Privacy Contact Officer. Please read our Privacy Policy for more information.
Any personal information you provide will be used for the purposes of administering the Policy Register and the Policy Register trial, responding to feedback, and contacting you in relation to any feedback. IP Australia may provide any personal information collected to IP Australia staff, the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science and the relevant Ministers’ offices. IP Australia will not disclose your personal information to any overseas recipients.
Whilst your personal information may be provided anonymously, IP Australia may not be able to contact you or respond to your feedback.
IP Australia will not otherwise use or disclose your personal information without your consent, unless authorised or required by or under law. By providing any personal information to the Policy Register (including through any submissions), you consent to your personal information being handled in accordance with this privacy notice and the IP Australia Privacy Policy.
Close
High priority, due to public interest in improving the Australian designs system. Work is being undertaken on the scope of any proposed amendments.
IP Australia conducted a public consultation from 31 October to 20 December 2019 on policy issues being considered for inclusion in a Designs Bill in 2020. Consultation is now closed.
IP Australia has published the submissions received during consultation along with our response to those submissions.
This issue will be included in a 2020 Designs Bill. Further details can be found in our response to the consultation.
IP Australia is also undertaking a more holistic review of the designs ecosystem, as part of the Designs Review Project.