---
title: "Collection notice (APP 5) for forms, websites, apps and call scripts"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/privacy-data-protection-and-cyber/app-5-collection-notice"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a25-app-5-collection-notice"
area_id: "A25"
kind: "notice"
ai_level: "green"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A25-T1-R2", "A25-B6-4"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Collection notice (APP 5) for forms, websites, apps and call scripts

> Collection notice covering each APP 5.2 matter (identity, third-party collection, legal authority, purposes, consequences, usual disclosures, access and complaints, overseas disclosure), with a layered short version…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/privacy-data-protection-and-cyber/app-5-collection-notice  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

Collection notice covering each APP 5.2 matter (identity, third-party collection, legal authority, purposes, consequences, usual disclosures, access and complaints, overseas disclosure), with a layered short version and a build sheet.

## Key facts

- Kind: Notice. A formal notice to serve or publish.
- Practice area: [Privacy, Data Protection & Cyber](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/privacy-data-protection-and-cyber.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Green. AI can do most of the drafting. A lawyer still reviews the result.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 3 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use whenever an APP entity collects personal information through a form, website, app, call centre, intake process or from a third party. Prepare one notice per collection point, because purposes and disclosures differ. Pair it with the APP privacy policy; for AI or automated decision disclosures use the AI clause in this library as well.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft or review a privacy policy and collection notice](https://ailawframework.com/practice/privacy-data-protection-and-cyber.md#A25-T1-R2)
- [Update collection notices for AI chatbots](https://ailawframework.com/practice/privacy-data-protection-and-cyber/update-collection-notices-for-ai-chatbots.md)

## How AI may be used

With the notice template and build sheet settled by the firm, AI may fill each collection point’s notice from the confirmed build sheet; the lawyer or privacy officer signs off the build sheet facts once for each collection point.

**AI may:**

- Fill the notice for a collection point from its completed build sheet, matter by matter
- Check the notice against the privacy policy for consistent purposes, disclosures and overseas countries, and list differences
- Produce the layered short version for small screens or call scripts from the full notice

**AI must not:**

- Must not invent or broaden purposes, recipients or overseas countries that are not in the build sheet
- Must not state that collection is required by a law without the law named in the build sheet
- Must not omit an APP 5.2 matter because it is inconvenient; a matter may be left out only where the build sheet records why it is not reasonable to notify it

**The lawyer checks:**

- The build sheet for each collection point reflects what the business actually collects, why, and who receives it, confirmed with the system owner
- Purposes in the notice cover every intended use, so later uses fit APP 6 as a primary or related secondary purpose
- Overseas recipients and countries match the vendor and hosting arrangements
- The notice is shown at or before collection (or as soon as practicable after) at the point where the individual will see it

## Authorities

- [Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Sch 1 APP 5.1 (notify at or before collection, or as soon as practicable after, the APP 5.2 matters that are reasonable in the circumstances)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03712/latest/text)
- [Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Sch 1 APP 5.2(a) to (j) (matters to be notified)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03712/latest/text)
- [Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Sch 1 APP 12 and APP 13 (access and correction, referred to in APP 5.2(g))](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03712/latest/text)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/privacy-data-protection-and-cyber/app-5-collection-notice and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*