Privacy
The Commission’s policy and plans demonstrate how we comply with the NSW Privacy Laws.
Personal Injury Commission and NSW Privacy Laws
The NSW Privacy Laws do not affect the exercise of the Personal Injury Commission’s judicial function in relation to hearing or determining proceedings before it. Documents, records and other material relating to proceedings are dealt with, as required, by the Personal Injury Commission Act 2020 (PIC Act), enabling legislation and the Personal Injury Commission Rules 2021 (PIC Rules). For example, decisions issued by the Commission are exempt from these privacy laws – see the Commission’s Decision publication policy.
The Commission must comply with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 in relation to the general management and administration of its Registry and office resources. The NSW Privacy Laws set out privacy standards known as Information Protection Principles and Health Privacy Principles. These laws and standards regulate the way we, collect, use, store and disclose personal and health information.
The following policies and plans demonstrate how the Commission complies with the NSW Privacy Laws. A good starting point to understand our privacy obligations is the Commission’s Privacy policy statement.
Outlines our general privacy obligations. It explains what, how and why the Commission collects personal and health information, and how it may be used, stored, accessed, and corrected.
Explains in detail how we comply with our obligations under the privacy laws.
Details our privacy obligations in relation to our website and users of our website.
If you are unhappy with the way we have dealt with your personal and health information, you can make a complaint – either directly to us or to the NSW Privacy Commissioner. The complaint procedures are explained in the above documents.