Until such time as more substantial guidance and/or legislative measures are available, the interim privacy position for the Western Australian public sector is that agencies should ensure their actions are consistent with applicable Australian Privacy Principles, set out in Schedule 1 to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) with primary emphasis upon Principle 6 - “use or disclosure of personal information”.
Where agencies are operating under statutes that contain specific provisions about the use or sharing of data, they should continue to comply with these.
This position applies to personal information, as defined in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth):
“personal information means information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable:
a. whether the information or opinion is true or not; and
b. whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.”
