Archived Temporary Public Interest Determination 
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No. 2001-1
The Privacy Commissioner has issued a Temporary Public Interest Determination
that ensures family history taking by health service providers is not prevented
by the Privacy Act in the following circumstances:
An organisation collects health information from an individual about another
individual (a third party) in circumstances where
(a) the collection of the third party?s information is necessary for the
organisation
(i) to provide a health service directly to the individual;
and
(ii) to diagnose, treat or care for the individual; and
(b) the third
party is a member of the individual?s family or household, or the third party?s
information is otherwise relevant to the individual?s family medical history or
social medical history; and
The organisation collects the information about the third party in either or
both of the following circumstances:
(c) without obtaining the consent of the
third party; or
(d) without taking reasonable steps under National Privacy
Principle 1.5 to ensure that the third party is or has been made aware of the
matters listed in National Privacy Principle 1.3.
Set out below are the formal instruments to give effect to this decision:
- Temporary Public Interest Determination No.
2001-1
(Download in Word or PDF)
- Determination under section 80B(3) giving general
effect to Temporary Public Interest Determination No. 2001-1 (Download
in Word or PDF)
- Application Letter: Public Interest Determination - Taking
Medical Histories (Download in Word or
PDF)
No. 2001-2
The Privacy Commissioner has issued a Temporary Public Interest Determination
that relates to the use and disclosure of a Commonwealth identifier, the
Australian Government Service number, for managing Commonwealth and Australian
Capital Territory government employee superannuation funds.
Set out below are the formal instruments to give effect to this decision:
- Determination under section 80B(3) giving general
effect to Temporary Public Interest Determination No. 2001-2
(Download in Word or PDF)
- Application Letter: Impact of Privacy Act on use of AGS and
Payroll Numbers by Superannuation Funds ? Application for a Public Interest
Determination (Download in Word or PDF)
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