Staff and affiliates: to know their responsibilities in managing personal and health information.

Students: to understand how the University protects their data

IPPs stands for information protection principles 

HPPs stands for health privacy principles

The IPPs and HPPs are legal rules for collecting, storing, accessing, using and disclosing personal and health information.

The key components of our privacy management plan are:

• links to privacy information in the footer of our website
• mandatory online staff training
• an internal reporting and review system for possible breaches of the IPPs or HPPs
• an internal privacy website.

Yes, we collect, retain and disclose tax file number information consistently with taxation, personal assistance or superannuation law. This information is highly protected data.

• The Chief Governance Officer assesses privacy access and amendment applications and decides internal reviews.
• The Manager, Archives and Records Management Services, coordinates data breach management and overall compliance with privacy legislation.
• Privacy officers assess information requests, privacy complaints, and reports of IPP and HPP breaches
• Unit Heads ensure their contractors comply with privacy obligations.
• Staff, affiliates, and students comply with the policy and report data breaches immediately to a privacy officer.
• Those directing student research must also inform students of their privacy obligations.