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The Information and Privacy Commission NSW (IPC) has developed a range of resources for the public, councils, NSW Public sector agencies and the Private sector.
If you experience difficulties downloading or accessing any IPC resource, please call us on 1800 472 679 or email ipcinfo@ipc.nsw.gov.au.
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GIPA Guideline 4 - Personal information as public interest consideration (PDF, 459b)
Personal information can be both a consideration in favour of disclosure, and a consideration against disclosure.
This Guideline is to assist agencies to understand what personal information means, and how to properly apply those considerations when carrying out the public interest test under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW).
A guide for parents: Are your kids safe on the internet? (PDF)
Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and the ease of internet access through smartphones such as iPhones have changed the ways that young people communicate and interact with others.
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Checklist - Privacy compliance for public sector agencies (PDF, 46kb)
This checklist will assist staff at NSW public sector agencies to comply with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (PIPP Act) and Health Records and Information OPrivacy Act (HRIP Act). Use this checklist when reviewing your privacy practices or designing privacy into new procedures and services.
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A guide to privacy laws in NSW June 2014 (PDF, 321kb)
NSW privacy legislation focuses largely on information about you, that is, information that identifies you. In NSW, the Acts address two groups of information - personal information and health information.
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A guide for parents and teachers: Keep your kids safe online (PDF)
Smartphones, tablets, laptops, mobile apps and social media... How we interact and communicate with each other has changed a lot! To protect kids against issues such as cyber bullying, unwanted attention or privacy breaches, teach them to be online savvy:
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Protocol for handling privacy complaints June 2011 (PDF)
This protocol describes how the Privacy Commissioner will deal with privacy complaints. This protocol is intended as a guide only and should not be treated as a substiute for the terms of the PIPP Act.
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IPC Code of Conduct (PDF, 171kb)
The Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) Code of Conduct is a guide to ethical workplace behaviour for all its employees.
This Code sets out the minimum standards of conduct expected and applied to all aspects of our employment, including the workplace environment and workplace activities, and provides all of us with an ethical framework for our decisions, actions and behaviour.
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IPC first aid policy (PDF)
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Knowledge update - GIPA Act amendments - information for agencies (PDF, 72kb)
This knowledge update outlines the legislative changes made to the GIPA Act to assist agencies prepare for the amendment.
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A guide to privacy laws in NSW - Chinese (PDF)
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