Information Privacy Guidelines

Introduction and Overview 

• Community Guideline: Accessing Information held by Government
• additional resources for accessing information held by Government
• A guide for prisoners: how to access information when incarcerated
• What’s new in the Information Privacy Act 2009 (with IS42/IS42A comparison tables)
• What is personal information?

  • What is personal information - checklist
• Your privacy rights  

Access and Amendment under the Information Privacy Act 

• Simple guide to navigating the RTI and IP legislation
• Which Act applies:
• a guide for agencies
• a guide for the community
• What is an agency?
• Evidence of authority and identity for access and amendment applications 
• Access to and amendment of personal information under the IP Act
  • Overview
  • Access to personal information 
  • Amendment of personal information
• Applications by and for children
• Timeframes for access and amendment
• Application not limited to personal information - changing from the IP Act to the RTI Act
• Applying for financial hardship
• Consulting with the Office of the Information Commissioner (third party consultation)

• Also see the Right to Information Guidelines on Decision-making and Review

   

  Information Privacy 

• Privacy Guideline (complete - 1.5mb)
• Privacy Guideline Section 1 – Introduction to the privacy guidelines
• Privacy Guideline Section 2 - Overview of the privacy guidelines
• Privacy Guideline Section 3 – Application of the Information Privacy Act 2009
• Privacy Guideline Section 4 – Key concepts
• Privacy Guideline Section 5 – Contracted Service Providers
• Privacy Guideline Section 6 – Transfer out of Australia
• Privacy Guideline Section 7 – Privacy complaints
• Privacy Guideline Section 8  - Compliance notices
• Privacy Guideline Section 9 – Public Interest Approvals
• Privacy Guideline Section 10 – Compliance with the privacy principles
• Privacy Guideline Section 11 – the Information Privacy Principles
• Privacy Guideline Section 12 – the National Privacy Principles

• Also see the Information Sheets on the IPPs and the NPPs for an overview of these principles.

• Local government - privacy and council meetings, minutes and agendas 
• Disclosure checklist 
• Making a privacy complaint
• Routine personal work information of public servants 
• Public access to information under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 
• Public service recruitment and information privacy  
• Personal Information - disclosure, the world wide web and section 33 

• Information sheet - Contracted service providers and the privacy principles  
• Information sheet - Personal information published by the indiviudal - non-compliance with particular IPPs & NPPs Information sheet - Privacy, IP addresses and Google Analytics  
• Information sheet - Personal information and network security
• Information sheet - Questions on notice and the IP Act
• Information sheet - Privacy and MPs acting on behalf of constituents 
• Information sheet - Web surveytools and information privacy
• Information sheet - Personal information collected pre-Information Privacy Act 2009  
• Information sheet - Privacy and law enforcement agencies
• Information sheet - Tips for responding to privacy complaints
• Information sheet - Managing privacy complaints which have gone to the OIC
• Information sheet - Portable storage devices and information privacy 
• Information sheet - Disclosure logs and personal information 

Privacy Tools 

• These have been relocated to the new Toolkit section of the website.