DECC and your privacy
The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (PPIP Act) regulates how DECC deals with non-health related personal information collected and stored since 1 July 2000. Information collected before this date is not covered by the PPIP Act.
The Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (HRIP Act) protects health-related personal information.
The DECC Privacy Management Plan and Guidelines (privacy07292.pdf 108 kb, requires Acrobat Reader) defines personal information and provides details about the privacy principles that DECC follows when dealing with personal information.
How to access personal information - Provides information on how you can access personal information about you that is held by DECC.
Responding to DECC decisions - Explains how you can deal with situations where you think DECC has not followed the privacy rules, or how you can apply for a review of a DECC decision about privacy, or how you can change personal information about you that is held with DECC.
Requesting a review or lodging a complaint - Outlines the steps you can follow to request DECC to review personal information that is held about you or to lodge a complaint about how DECC has handled personal information held about you.
Public registers maintained by DECC - These contain personal information that is required by law to be made publicly available or open to public inspection. DECC maintains and operates a number of public registers established under different legislation.
More information - Contact a privacy officer or Privacy NSW.
Administrative Decisions Tribunal - Reviews the actions of government departments in NSW. You can lodge an appeal with the Tribunal if you are not satisfied with DECC's internal review of your complaint.