Who is collecting your personal information?
Your personal information is being collected by the Department of Health and Aged Care (the department).
Why does the department collect your personal information?
Your personal information is protected by law, including the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles, and is being collected by the department for the primary purpose of visitor management. Your information may also be used and disclosed for other purposes such as security incident reviews and/or investigations.
If you do not provide this information you may not be authorised to enter the staff only areas of the department’s buildings.
What would happen if the department did not collect your personal information?
If you do not or are unable to provide your personal information the department may not authorise entry into the staff only areas of our buildings.
Who will the department disclose your personal information to?
We may disclose your personal information to the Australian Federal Police and/or a State and Territory Police agency as required.
The department is not likely to disclose your personal information to overseas recipients.
Access to and correction of your personal information
The department’s privacy policy contains information about how you may access and seek correction of personal information about you that is held by the department.
Privacy complaints
The department’s privacy policy contains information about how you may complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles or the Australian Government Agencies Privacy Code and how the department will deal with complaints.
Further information
You can read the department’s privacy policy here. You can obtain a copy of the APP privacy policy by contacting the department using the contact details set out at the end of this notice.
Consent
By providing your sensitive information to us, you consent to the Department of Health and Aged Care collecting your driver’s licence for the purposes indicated above.
Contact details
If you wish to contact the department about a privacy-related matter, including questions about this notice, please contact the department’s Privacy Officer by one of the following methods:
- Post
Privacy Officer
Department of Health and Aged Care
23 Furzer Street
WODEN ACT 2606 - Email
privacy@health.gov.au - Telephone
02 6289 1555