The Privacy Act regulates 'information privacy.' The privacy act also covers a number of different activities and sectors.
Information Privacy Principals: The IPPS regulate how Australian and ACT government agencies manage personal information. They cover how and what personal information can be collected, how it should be used and disclosed, and storage and security. They also allow individuals to access that information and have it corrected if it is wrong.
IPP 1: Manner and Purpose of Collection
The information must be neccesary for the agency;s work, and collected fairly and lawfully.
IPP 2: Collecting information from indiviual
An agency must take steps to tell indivisuals why they are collecting personal information, what laws give them authority to collect it, and to whom they usually disclose it. This is often done by what is called an IPP 2 notice.
IPP 3: Collecting Information Generally
An agency must take steps to ensure the personal information it collects is relevant, up-to-date and complete and not collected in an unreasonalbe intrusive way
IPP 4: Storage and Security
Personal information must be stored securely to prevent its loss or misuse
IPPs 5-7 : Access and Amendment
These principles require agenices to take steps to record the type of personal information that they hold and give to individuals access to personal information about them. Personal information can be amended or corrected if it is wrong.
IPPs 8-10 : Information Use
These principles outline the rules about keeping accurate, complete and up-to-date personal information; using information for relevant purpose; and only using the information for another purpose in special circumstances, such as with the individual's consent or some health and safety or law enforcement.
IPP 11: Disclosure
This principla sets out when an agency may disclose personal information to someone else, for aexample another agency. This can only be done in special circumstances, such as with the individual's consent or for some health and safety or law enforcement reasons.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
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