- telling people you collect personal information and what you will do with it;
- only using personal information about people in ways that they might expect;
- not passing personal information on without telling people;
- giving people the chance to see any information you hold about them if they ask;
- keeping personal information safe; and
- if people ask, telling them how you handle personal information in your business.
These obligations are set out in the National Privacy Principles. As well, the Privacy Act exempts employment records where information about employees is only used for employment purposes.
If employee information is the only personal information held then there are probably no obligations under the Privacy Act.
Your business – what documents do you need?
Unlike many other employment-related matters, Privacy is not usually covered in Contracts of Employment or in Awards or Agreements.
The main categories of documents which you will use in relation to Privacy are as follows:
1) Privacy policy(ies)
2) Correspondence
A list of the documents in each of these categories which are or will be provided on this website, is as follows:
(1) Policies
(2) Correspondence
Privacy Commissioners and other regulators handling privacy complaints:
