1. The Matrix
Health Funds, Clinical Providers and Patients Balancing competing priorities of health versus individual privacy
30 August 2007

2. Overview Privacy Legislation Commonwealth New South Wales
Health Specific
Issues for insurers

3. Privacy Legislation Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 New South Wales
Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988
Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002
NB: Similar legislation also exists in other States.

4. Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Applies to:
“organisations” with annual turnover exceeding $3 million
health service providers
Governs how organisations must collect, use, keep, secure and disclose personal information
Requires organisations to allow individuals to access and amend personal information
Also deals with how sensitive information is to be handled

5. National Privacy Principles
Collection
Use and disclosure
Data Quality
Data Security
Openness
Access and Correction
Identifiers
Anonymity
Transborder data flows
Sensitive information

6. Health Records and Privacy Information Act
Applies to:
health service providers
organisations which handle health information
Health privacy principles
Collection
Storage
Access and Accuracy
Use
Disclosure
Identifiers and Anonymity
Transferrals and linkage

7. Issues for Insurers Members Providers waiver of statutory rights
contractual issues
Providers
statutory obligations

8. Thank you