Site Changes

On 1 November 2010 the Office of the Privacy Commissioner was integrated into the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and a new website established at www.oaic.gov.au.

Note 1: Major changes to the Privacy Act 1988 will come into effect in March 2014. Agencies, businesses and not for profits need to start preparing for these changes. For more information go to our privacy law reform page at www.oaic.gov.au
Note 2: From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date. For new privacy content visit the www.oaic.gov.au website.

What information will be held in the HI Service database?

A limited amount of identifying information such as, your name, date of birth, and sex will be associated with your IHI in the database maintained by the HI Service (i.e. Medicare Australia).

In some circumstances, further information may be required to ensure you are uniquely identified in that database such as: address, birth plurality and birth order.

The HI Service database will not hold any clinical information. It will hold information about who has accessed the HI Service database to obtain your IHI.