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The Australian Government’s ‘My Health Record’ is changing
July 16, 2018 - 9:11am
The My Health Record is an online summary of an individual’s key health information including allergies, medical conditions, treatments, medication details, advance care planning documents, test and scan reports. Over five million Australians currently have a My Health Record, which aims to deliver better health outcomes for patients by enabling important health information to be securely shared between clinicians and their patients.
New guideline - Online and on your phone: processing access applications for social media, webmail and text messages
June 18, 2018 - 3:49pm
Increasingly, access applications are encompassing social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, material held in personal email accounts, and text and other messages sent using devices such as smart phones and tablets.
Working with applicants – scoping out the way forward
June 12, 2018 - 3:28pm
We have updated the guideline Assessing the Terms of an Access Application. This guideline was written to bring existing principles together to provide convenient guidance for agencies dealing with applications where the documents sought by an applicant cannot be identified.
Follow-up audit report – Council of the City of Gold Coast
June 12, 2018 - 10:22am
On Tuesday, 12 June 2018, the Chair of the Legal Affairs and Community Safety parliamentary committee tabled our report into the Council of the City of Gold Coast’s progress in implementing the 14 recommendations of our 2015-16 compliance review with the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) and the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld).
Privacy incident - PageUp People Limited
June 8, 2018 - 2:05pm
We are aware of an incident involving PageUp People Limited, a provider of human resources services for a number of Australian entities, which might include Queensland government agencies.
