G616

The Guideline provides assistance in the practical application of interception and privacy legislation to the listening to and recording of voice communications.

The Guideline was revised in 2014 to reflect amendments to the Privacy Act 1988, the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, and update references to state and territory listening devices/surveillance legislation.

This Guideline was developed with the following aims:

1. To provide guidance in the development of equipment, workplaces and processes to reduce the risk and severity of acoustic shock.
2. To provide additional, optional acoustic safety specifications that organisations can call up if they wish to increase the protection against acoustic shock beyond that specified in the two Standards AS/CA S004 (for landline phones) and AS/CA S042.1 (for mobile phones).

• A correction Amendment was issued in 2014 (Amendment No. 1/2014, incorporated into G616:2013) to rectify a typographical error on the ‘G616 GUIDELINE – AT A GLANCE’ page.