Privacy Management Plan – 1. Introduction

The Privacy & Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) comes into effect on 1 July 2000. Essentially, the Act requires that all government agencies comply with 12 Information Protection Principles (IPPs) (see section 2.2). Section 33 of the Act requires that each agency have a Privacy Management Plan in operation by the effective date. A Plan is a statement of how the agency complies, or intends to comply, with the Act. It includes provisions for:

• policies and practices to ensure compliance
• procedures to inform the University community about such policies and practices
• procedures to conduct internal reviews where individuals believe that their privacy has been breached (see section 5).

A copy of this Plan will be lodged with the Privacy Commissioner. The Plan may be revised from time to time in response to issues that arise following the effective date.

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