Office of the Privacy Commissioner

When can you withhold sensitive employment information? Ophelia Waite
22 August 2018 at 16:52

When a person makes a request for personal information, the agency responding to the request is entitled to withhold the information, if one of the exceptions to principle 6 of the Privacy Act applies.

employment, IPP6 - access, IPP11 - disclosure

Privacy beyond the grave Richard Stephen
24 July 2018 at 08:51

The Privacy Act doesn’t generally apply to dead people. This is because the Privacy Act protects the rights of “individuals”, and section 2 of the Act defines an individual as a “natural person, other than a deceased person”.

complaints, health, Health Information Privacy Code

Check it before you chuck it - privacy and health rubbish Neil Sanson
5 April 2018 at 16:54

Reviewed and updated May 2025

health, data, breach, health rubbish,

Operation Painter: findings in privacy investigation 15 March 2018 at 09:00

A Police checkpoint in 2016 unlawfully and unfairly collected personal information, harming some of the people affected.

Handling health information of intersex individuals Vanessa Blackwood
2 March 2018 at 10:18

This blog post was reviewed and updated in March 2025.

Health Information Privacy Code, health

Advice for doctors when there’s a complaint Charles Mabbett
13 February 2018 at 12:14

If you work in a small practice or medical centre, there’s every chance you may not have received many requests for personal information from patients. The starting point is to know that the Privacy Act gives people the right to make a request for information that is about them.

health, Health Information Privacy Code, complaints

Is taking photos on a plane allowed? Charles Mabbett
31 January 2018 at 09:13

Reviewed May 2025

Harmful Digital Communications, plane photos, public video, recording people, public photo

What's your complaint worth? Riki Jamieson-Smyth
15 November 2017 at 11:10

Reviewed and updated May 2025

complaints, Human Rights Review Tribunal

When can you withhold sensitive employment information? Ophelia Waite 22 August 2018 at 16:52

Privacy beyond the grave Richard Stephen 24 July 2018 at 08:51

Check it before you chuck it - privacy and health rubbish Neil Sanson 5 April 2018 at 16:54

Operation Painter: findings in privacy investigation 15 March 2018 at 09:00

Handling health information of intersex individuals Vanessa Blackwood 2 March 2018 at 10:18

Advice for doctors when there’s a complaint Charles Mabbett 13 February 2018 at 12:14

Is taking photos on a plane allowed? Charles Mabbett 31 January 2018 at 09:13

What's your complaint worth? Riki Jamieson-Smyth 15 November 2017 at 11:10

When can you withhold sensitive employment information? Ophelia Waite
22 August 2018 at 16:52

Privacy beyond the grave Richard Stephen
24 July 2018 at 08:51

Check it before you chuck it - privacy and health rubbish Neil Sanson
5 April 2018 at 16:54

Handling health information of intersex individuals Vanessa Blackwood
2 March 2018 at 10:18

Advice for doctors when there’s a complaint Charles Mabbett
13 February 2018 at 12:14

Is taking photos on a plane allowed? Charles Mabbett
31 January 2018 at 09:13

What's your complaint worth? Riki Jamieson-Smyth
15 November 2017 at 11:10