Information Privacy Guidelines

Introduction and Overview 

• What’s new in the Information Privacy Act 2009 (with IS42/IS42A comparison tables)
• What is personal information?
• Your privacy rights  

Access and Amendment under the Information Privacy Act 

• Which Act applies:
  • a guide for agencies
  • a guide for the community 

• Evidence of authority for access and amendment applications
• Access to and amendment of Personal Information under the Information Privacy Act
• Timeframes for access and amendment

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 Queensland
  • 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

• Making a privacy complaint (under development)
• Routine personal work information of public servants
• Information sheet - Personal information and network security
• Information sheet - Questions on notice and the IP Act

Privacy Tools 

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