Privacy Protection - Safeguarding Personal Information
Privacy Protection FAQ
What are the elements of the right to privacy?
An important element of the right to privacy is the right to protection of personal data. While the right to data protection can be inferred from the general right to privacy, some international and regional instruments also stipulate a more specific right to protection of personal data, including:
What is data privacy?
Data privacy generally means the ability of a person to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent personal information about them is shared with or communicated to others. This personal information can be one's name, location, contact information, or online or real-world behavior.
What are Australian Privacy Principles?
There are 13 Australian Privacy Principles and they govern standards, rights and obligations around: the rights of individuals to access their personal information. They are, as follows: Outlines when an APP entity can collect personal information that is solicited. It applies higher standards to the collection of sensitive information.
Why is privacy important?
As a result, privacy is an essential way we seek to protect ourselves and society against arbitrary and unjustified use of power, by reducing what can be known about us and done to us, while protecting us from others who may wish to exert control. Privacy is essential to who we are as human beings, and we make decisions about it every single day.
What is privacy & why is it important?
certainty and security for both you and your employees. Privacy is our ability to protect our personal information including being able to control who can see or use information about us. Personal information is information that says who we are, what we do and what we believe.
What personal information is protected under the Privacy Act?
This might include a person’s name and address, medical records, bank account details, photos, videos and even information about what an individual likes, their opinions and where they work. An important subset of personal information in the Privacy Act is ‘sensitive information.’
What is 'personal information' under Section 6 of the Privacy Act?
Section 6 of the Privacy Act defines ‘personal information’ as ’information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable.
Privacy Protection References
If you want to know more about Privacy Protection, consider exploring links below:
What Is Privacy Protection
- https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/australian-privacy-principles
- https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/56/what-privacy
- https://fls.org.au/law-handbook/government-and-the-individual/privacy-and-your-rights/privacy-protection-in-australia-the-uniccpr-and-common-law/
- https://www.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/privacy
- https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/privacy/what-is-data-privacy/
- https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2020/January/data-privacy-what-is-it-why-is-it-important-how-to-ensure-it-and-what-are-its-opportunities
- https://architecture.digital.gov.au/australian-privacy-principles
- https://www.vic.gov.au/protect-privacy
- https://iapp.org/about/what-is-privacy/
- https://builtin.com/articles/what-is-online-privacy