Section 15 of the Intelligence Services Act refers to "Rules to protect
the privacy of Australian persons".  I made an initial query to DSD, ASIS, 
and the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department in December 2001 asking 
for a copy of the rules, and received a single response from a 
@defence.gov.au email address in January 2002 indicating that the rules 
were "classified".  Not wanting to accept this answer, I forwarded the 
prior correspondance to the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 
(IGIS) and the Privacy Commissioner.  I received a prompt response from 
the IGIS indicating that he would investigate the matter.  I received a 
follow-up response approximately a week later, indicating that DSD and 
ASIS would be asked to place the Section 15 rules on their websites in the 
relevent areas, and that a copy of the rules would be provided to me by 
mail in the meantime.

This on-paper copy has been transcribed and is supplied here in full.

Any typographical errors are my own.

- Grant Bayley, Jan 2002

Thanks to:

	- The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
	- Rendrag, for transcribing the DSD Rules.