Under the Information Privacy Act 2014 (see Territory Privacy Principle 1.3), all ACTGovernment agencies, including the ACT Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission’) must have a clearly expressed and up-to-date privacy policy.
This policy outlines how the Commission and its staff collect, hold, use and disclose information about you.
The Commission’s Online Services Privacy Statement forms part of this policy, as does the attached table (Appendix 1) outlining specific types of information collected used, and shared by each area of the Commission.
The policy is supported by individual privacy statements that we include on our forms used to collect information.
The Commission also has a summary privacy policy. If you ask us to, we will also provide a copy of either policy to you in a form of your choice (provided it is reasonable to do so).
If you have any questions about this policy or how we collect or handle information about you, please contact us
We only collect, hold, use and disclose information about you so we can help you and as allowed to do, by ACT laws. The following ACT laws are some of the laws that allow us to do so. There are also some laws that mean that the Public Advocate gets information about vulnerable people.
We will only share your information where the law or a court or tribunal makes us share or allows us. If we share that information with other ACT government agencies, those other agencies also have to handle your information using the Information Privacy Act 2014 (Information Privacy Act).
The Commission promotes the human rights and welfare of all people living in the ACT. We are an independent agency established in 2006 under the HRC Act.
Our role under the HRC Act is to:
Four independent Commissioners manage the Commission’s eight major responsibilities under ACT law. The Commissioners are:
Each Commissioner’s responsibilities are outlined in our Operations Protocol (see page 3 of that Protocol).
One of the Commission’s functions is to provide an independent, fair and accessible process for complaints, including about:
The Commission advocates for vulnerable individuals in the community. It also protects the rights of children and young people, and of people with disability (including those with mental health concerns).
The Commission also supports, advocates for and assists victims of crime (including with financial assistance).
We only collect information about you in ways that are lawful and fair.
We only collect information about you with your informed consent or where we need it for our work. This means we will try to collect as little information about you as possible.
Each of the Commissioners and their teams have different roles and responsibilities. Each Commissioner and their teams are likely to collect different personal information about you.
The information we collect depends on what services we may provide.
For example, we may collect:
For a description of the kinds of personal information each Commissioner and their teams collect and why, see our information collection table (Appendix 1).
We collect information from you in many ways, including through complaint forms, in letters or emails to and from you, over the telephone and by fax or in person.
Generally, we will collect information from you directly when:
We may collect information about you from other people, government bodies or organisations when we have your consent or laws allow us to.
For example, the HRC Act, the Children and Young People Act 2007 or Victims of Crime Act 1994 allow us to collect information about you from other people. Some Commissioners can ask other services for information about your case or question. We can also make people give us information or documents where we reasonably believe it is relevant to a complaint or issue we are considering.
In some circumstances, for example, where it is required by law, we may also obtain information about you that was collected by other Australian, state and territory government bodies or other organisations.
We can also collect information about you from others where it is not workable, safe or reasonable to collect information directly from you. This will be in accordance with protections and safeguards under relevant laws and the TPPs. For example, we may be unable to locate you or asking you for the information may place you in serious danger.
We also collect information about you that is public where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, our functions.
The Commission will only collect information about you from the social media services we use (eg Twitter and Facebook) if you choose to:
These social networks may collect information about you according to their own privacy policies.
To do some of our work, we may receive information about you from another person or organisation under a specific law without having asked anyone for it. This is discussed further in section 4.5 below.
When we need to collect information about you, we will give you notice before we collect it or as soon as we can afterwards unless we are allowed by law not to do so. This notice will set out:
We will normally give this notice in privacy statements. A privacy statement might be in writing or explained to you over the phone – it depends on how we are collecting your information. We also have an Online Services Privacy Statement for information collected through our website.
Sensitive information includes information about your:
We treat your sensitive information with greater caution. Except in strictly limited situations, we will not collect your sensitive information without telling you why we need to collect it and asking for your permission. The only times we may collect sensitive information without telling you are:
We have to comply with the Health Records (Privacy and Access Act) 1997 when we collect and handle information about your health. This law says that we can only collect your ‘personal health information’ for a lawful purpose that is directly related to what we do.
We may receive information (including sensitive information) about you from other people or bodies, such as your representatives or someone who has made a complaint about you.
We may also receive information about you as part of reports made to us by government bodies so that we can check on the services they provide to the community. We receive this information under relevant laws about child protection, mental health and personal violence.
As examples, the Community Services Directorate and Health Directorate may make reports to the Public Advocate under the Children and Young People Act 2008 and Mental Health Act 2015. The Victims of Crime Commissioner may also receive information from government bodies, including ACT Policing, Director of Public Prosecutions and ACT Courts and Tribunals, to support victims of crime.
Where we receive information that we have not asked for, we will decide within a reasonable time whether we could have collected the information ourselves.
If we believe we would have been allowed to collect the information (because it is related to what we do), we will treat it as if we had collected it ourselves and will only use and hold the information in accordance with this policy and relevant laws (such as the Territory Records Act 2002).
Where we receive information about you that is not related to what we do, we will take out your personal details or remove the information.
We understand that you may not want us to know your name.
Where possible, we will let you not use your name or use a made-up name.
Sometimes, such as when you make a complaint, we might need your name, contact details and other information about you to respond to you in a way that is efficient and fair.
We normally will not use or disclose information about you unless you agree, or would reasonably expect us to do so for the particular reason for which you gave us the information.
However, there are some situations discussed below where we collect information for one purpose but may then need to use or share it with another team for a different purpose or disclose it to a body outside the Commission.
As mentioned above (at 4.3), we will tell you why we need information about you when we collect it. We will only use information about you for that reason or for reasons that are directly related reasons.
Most often we will use information about you to try to resolve your concern or complaint, talk with you about what services you may need and communicate with you. We also use information about you to consider what financial assistance you may be able to get as a victim of crime, refer you to relevant services or assistance and investigate any system-wide issues that arise from your case.
Sometimes we will use information collected in relation to one complaint or contact made by you to assist with another complaint or enquiry that you make later. This is so we can provide a quick and convenient service to you or answer your questions as soon as we can. We try not to ask you the same questions more than once.
When we collect information for education or training events, we will only use it to keep a record of whether you attended and to keep you informed about our activities (if you opt-in to this process).
We may use information from you for research or to improve services, but we will not publish it without your consent or we will remove your personal information.
We will only share or disclose your information to bodies outside the Commission with your informed consent or where we are allowed or required to by law, including when handling your complaint. Other examples include where:
Service providers – We will share information with service providers when dealing with your complaint or when providing you a service, or otherwise helping you.
We may suggest you contact other service providers, such as community services and legal services so that they can help you. However, we will only release any personal information about you to providers with your consent.
We may also share your information so that service providers can provide answers to any questions you may have more quickly.
Courts and tribunals – If we are asked by a court or tribunal, we may have to share your information.
Government agencies – As we are an independent agency that is separate to the ACT and Australian Governments, we will not normally share your personal information with other government agencies without your agreement unless we have to do so by law or a court order.
Online services – We use third party providers for some web-based services, including SurveyMonkey for online surveys and EventBrite for registration at events organised or hosted by the Commission. This may mean that your information is shared in a secure way with these providers. Information about these services is available in our Online Services Privacy Statement.
Media – We will not provide information that would identify you to the media without your permission.
We will normally be able to help you better if we know whether you have recently contacted one of the Commissioner’s teams.
We will generally use your name, address, contact details and the issues you have raised to share information between Commissioners and their teams so that we can help you better.
If a Commissioner receives information about you under an ACT law, they are allowed to share it with another Commissioner and their staff if they believe the other Commissioner needs that information to assist you.
We may also share your information with other Commissioners and their teams if there is a risk or threat to you or someone else’s life, safety, health or wellbeing as allowed by law.
We use third party providers for some web-based services, including SurveyMonkey for online surveys (see their privacy policy for more information on information stored in the United States and European countries), Mailchimp for newsletters (stored in the United States) and EventBrite for registration at events (stored in the United States). We also use Google Analytics for analysis of that information by service providers based in the United States of America. Web traffic information is disclosed to Google Analytics when you visit the Commission’s websites.
These services collect and host information about your use of their websites (eg your IP address) on servers located overseas in the United States of America and Europe and your ability to complain or take action under Australian law about their use or disclosure of your information is limited. Privacy policies for each are linked above.
Apart from using these services, we do not normally disclose or store your information overseas. If we need to share or store information about you with a body or person overseas, we take reasonable steps before doing so to make sure that they treat your information in a way that is similar to the way to ACT law.
In some cases, the information will already be protected under the law that applies overseas, and you can complain or take action about the misuse or disclosure of your information.
If it is practical and reasonable to do so we will obtain your consent when your information is disclosed overseas. However, there may be situations when we are unable to obtain your consent, for example, where we are legally required to share information.
We actively take steps to make sure your information is stored securely. We make every effort to protect your personal information.
You have the right to ask for access to information that we hold about you under several laws, including the:
If you contact us to ask for access to your personal information, we must reply to you in 30 days. We must give you access to your information if it is reasonable and practicable and must do so in an appropriate manner. If documents containing information about you also include personal information about other people, we may take out their information to respect their privacy.
If we do not give you access to information about you, we must tell you why in writing, eg that it is sensitive information under the Children and Young People Act 2008 or information relating to complaints or the Commission’s inquiries under the HRC ACT.
We will not charge you any fees for asking for your information or providing you with it unless there is a fee for the specific information(such as court records).
We must take reasonable steps to make sure information about you that we collect, hold, use or disclose is accurate, up-to-date and complete. We take the following steps to do so:
If you access the personal information, we hold about you and discover it is wrong, you can ask us to correct it. If we have shared this information with another agency, you can ask us to tell them that they also need to correct the personal information.
We may decide not to change information about you, including when it is not personal information. We will write to you within 30 days to explain why we will not change your information and how you can complain about our decision.
We must take reasonable steps to make sure that information we hold about you is safe and secure.
The ACT Protective Security Policy Framework (ACT PSPF) means that all ACT agencies must take steps to protect people, information and assets, at home and overseas.
We have several policies and procedures for the steps we need to take under the ACT PSPF, including:
For example, we generally only use USB storage devices to store publicly available information (presentations), which will not contain personal information about you.
We take all reasonable steps not to lose or misuse information about you.
If your information is accidentally released, or is lost, or accessed without authorisation (hacked or misused) we will:
In view of the steps the Commission and our service providers take to keep your data secure, we do not believe an online security breach is likely to occur. However, we regularly review our processes and data security to minimise this risk.
We are also aware of the risks of natural disaster, and have a Business Continuity Plan so we can protect and access relevant information if we cannot access our records. We also back up data regularly.
The Commission is required to maintain records of its work under the Territory Records Act 2002. This means that we may keep it as part of our records securely and as allowed by law.
If we hold information about you and we no longer need to use or disclose it or keep it in our records, we will take reasonable steps to stop you from being identified or will destroy it.
If you are unhappy with how the Commission has handled information about you, you can complain to us in writing (by letter or email). This will help us clearly respond to your complaint.
We will help you lodge your complaint with us if you ask.
You can also contact us with suggestions for how we could better handle your personal information.
The Commission is located on level 2, 11 Moore Street, Canberra ACT.
The Commission is open Monday to Friday, between 9.00am-5.00pm, except on public holidays.
Our mailing address for complaints and other letters is:ACT Human Rights Commission, GPO Box 158, Canberra, ACT, 2601. Our email is: HRCprivacy@act.gov.au.
If you would like help in lodging a complaint, our phone number is: (02) 6205 2222
We will promptly tell you we have received your complaint when we receive it.
We will then consider your complaint to work out how we can appropriately resolve your issue and respond within a reasonable time (normally within four weeks).
If you are not satisfied with our response, in some circumstances, you can make a formal privacy complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) who acts as the ACT Information Privacy Commissioner.
The OAIC handles privacy complaints against ACT public sector agencies. For more information, including on making a complaint, you can contact the OAIC.
The OAIC handles privacy complaints against ACT public sector agencies. For more information, including on making a complaint, you can contact the OAIC.
The OAIC’s mailing address is GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001. Their email is enquiries@oaic.gov.au. For more information, you can visit the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website.
e.g. your name and contact details.
We use this information to stay in contact about your question or issue.
We will not share your information unless you agree, or it is required by law.
e.g. applications for employment, work history, referee comments and pay.
Personnel files are kept maintaining records about all aspects of employment including recruitment, employment history, payroll, leave, equal employment opportunity data, workplace relations, security clearances, performance, workplace health and safety, rehabilitation and compensation. Records are kept for all permanent, contracted and temporary staff members/employees, including volunteers.
Personal information is disclosed to ACT Government Shared Services on a ‘need to know’ basis for the purposes of administering payroll, and to travel providers under the whole of government travel arrangements.
e.g. bank account and payment details, TFN, information about business and financial interests.
We use this information to:
We will not share your financial information unless required by law.
e.g. records of all information created or collected as part of the work of the Commission.
We use this information to maintain a record of the Commission’s business operations
The Territory Records Act 2002 requires us to maintain and protect Territory records.
Territory records can only be disclosed as required by law.
We may disclose Territory records in response to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2016, but only where it is in the public interest.
e.g. information about your story or case.
We use this information to understand your experiences and how public authorities and organisations respect your rights.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to report to the Government, Legislative Assembly, community and media about specific problems or issues.
e.g. number of people accessing our services and information about their story or cases
We may use your personal information to compile data and statistics about issues for research, service improvement or training and to give advice and make recommendations on human rights.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education.
e.g. number of people accessing our services and information about their story or cases
We may use your personal information to compile data and statistics about issues for research, service improvement or training, and may also give advice and make recommendations.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education.
e.g. information about your story or case
We use your personal information to consider whether agencies are meeting their human rights obligations and to develop advice and recommendations to Government.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to report to the Government, Legislative Assembly, community and media on specific problems or issues.
e.g. number of people accessing our services
We may use your personal information to compile data and statistics about issues for research, service improvement or training and give advice and make recommendations.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education.
e.g. information about your story or case
We use this information to understand your experiences and how public authorities and organisations respect your rights.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to report to the Government, Legislative Assembly, community and media on specific problems or issues.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We use this information to stay in contact with you about your complaint and keep you updated.
We are required to share this information with the individual or organisation that you are complaining about so they can provide us with background to the issues.
We may share this information with a court or tribunal as required by law.
e.g. your name, address, date of birth, occupation, circumstances of the incidents in your complaint and personal health information
We use this information to keep track of your complaint and to investigate it.
We are required to share this information with the individual or organisation that you are complaining about so that they can provide us with background to the issues.
We may share this information with other agencies to understand the issues.
If we cannot help with your complaint, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them after receiving your permission.
e.g. sensitive personal information about your sex or gender status, status as a parent or carer,relationship status, pregnancy, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, accommodation status, employer or employee organisation membership, age, employment records, criminal convictions, personal financial information, personal health information and medical opinion
We have the power to ask for information, documents and other things as part of a complaint investigation. You must comply with a request from us.
You may be required to attend and answer questions about a discrimination complaint investigation.
We use this information to help determine whether discrimination has occurred and to prepare for and hold a conciliation meeting about a possible resolution.
If we compel information from you, this information cannot be used against you in other criminal or civil matters.
There are times when information you have provided for a complaint may be provided to another agency without your consent. This will only occur where there is a risk to your or someone else’s safety, or a risk to the general public.
The Commission is required to keep these records confidential in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act 2005.
If a discrimination complaint is closed, is withdrawn, or not successfully resolved, the Commission must offer you the option to take your complaint to the ACAT. A complaint can only be referred to ACAT if you agree. We may need to provide information to the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal about your complaint.
e.g. notes from conciliations, draft conciliation agreements, records of compliance with conciliation agreements
The Commission can only use information in a conciliation agreement with the consent of the parties.
The Commission is required to keep conciliation records and details confidential in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act 2005.
Conciliation information is not admissible as evidence.
The general terms of a written conciliation agreement will be registered with the ACAT, which can then be enforced as if it were an ACAT order.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We use this information to stay in contact with you about your complaint and keep you updated.
We are required to share this information with the individual or organisation that you are complaining about so that they can provide us with background to the issues.
We may share this information with a court or tribunal as required by law.
e.g. name, address, date of birth, occupation, circumstances of the incidents in your complaint
We use this information to keep track of your complaint and to investigate it.
We are required to share this information with the individual or organisation that you are complaining about so that they can provide us with background to the issues.
We may share this information with other agencies to support us to gather information and understand the issues.
If we cannot help with your complaint, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them after receiving your permission.
e.g. GP visit notes, information about any conditions, mental health assessment, hospital treatment information, information about addictions
We will use this information to help us decide if you have received appropriate care and treatment that is consistent with the rules applying to the health service provider.
Medical records can only be shared in accordance with the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997 where sharing them is required or allowed by law.
e.g. sensitive personal information about your sex, sex or gender status, relationship status, status as a parent or carer, pregnancy, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, accommodation status, employer or employee organisation membership, age, employment records, criminal convictions, personal financial information, personal health information and medical opinion
We have the power to ask for information, documents and other things as part of a complaint investigation. You must comply with a request from us.
You may be required to attend and answer questions about a complaint investigation.
We use this information to help determine whether the health service provider has give appropriate care or provided care in accordance with the applicable standards. If the Health Services Commissioner receives a complaint about a health practitioner, the Commissioner must tell the national board for the practitioner’s health profession about the complaint. The national board and Commissioner must try to reach agreement about how the complaint is to be dealt with.
Medical records can only be shared in accordance with the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997 where they are required or allowed by law.
There are times when information you have provided for a complaint may be provided to another agency without your consent. This will only occur where there is a risk to your or someone else’s safety, or a risk to the general public.
The Commission is required to keep these records confidential in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act 2005.
e.g. notes from conciliations, draft conciliation agreements, records of compliance with conciliation agreements
The Commission can only use information in a conciliation agreement with the consent of the parties.
The Commission is required to keep conciliation records and details confidential in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act 2005.
Conciliation information is not admissible as evidence.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We use this information to stay in contact with you about your complaint and keep you updated.
We are required to share this information with the individual or organisation that you are complaining about so that they can provide us with background to the issues.
We may share this information with a court or tribunal as required by law.
e.g. name, address, date of birth, occupation, circumstances of the incidents in your complaint and personal health information
We use this information to keep track of your complaint and to investigate it.
We may share this information with other agencies to understand the issues.
If we cannot help with your complaint, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them after receiving your permission.
e.g. sensitive personal information about your sex, sex or gender status, relationship status, status as a parent or carer, pregnancy, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, accommodation status, employer or employee organisation membership, age, employment records, criminal convictions, personal financial information, personal health information and medical opinion
We have the power to ask for information, documents and other things as part of a complaint investigation. You must comply with a request from us.
You may be required to attend and answer questions about a complaint investigation.
We use this information to help determine whether there has been a failure of the service provider to provide appropriate services or to provide services in accordance with the applicable standards.
There are times when information you have provided for a complaint may be provided to another agency without your consent. This will only occur where there is a risk to your or someone else’s safety, or a risk to the general public.
The Commission is required to keep these records confidential in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act 2005.
e.g. notes from conciliations, draft conciliation agreements, records of compliance with conciliation agreements
The Commission can only use information in a conciliation agreement with the consent of the parties.
The Commission is required to keep conciliation records and details confidential in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act 2005.
Conciliation information is not admissible as evidence.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We will use this information to support you by linking you to services that can provide services for people with a disability.
If we cannot help with your issues, we may be able to refer one or more of them to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them after receiving your permission or where authorised or required by law.
e.g. number of people accessing our services
We may use your personal information to compile data and statistics about issues for research, service improvement or training.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education.
e.g. information about your story or case
We use this information to understand your experiences and how public authorities and organisations respect your rights.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We will use this information to help to support you by linking you to services that can provide services for children and young people.
If we cannot help with your issues, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them after receiving your permission or where authorised or required by law.
e.g. number of people accessing our services
We may use your personal information to compile data and statistics about issues for research, service improvement or training.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education.
e.g. information about your story or case
We use this information to understand your experiences and how public authorities and organisations respect your rights.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We will use this information to contact service providers to collect information relevant to assisting you.
If we cannot help with your issues, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them after receiving your permission or where authorised or required by law.
e.g. records of capacity assessments, advance consent directions, orders made by ACAT
We use this information to understand your situation and your will and preferences and to advocate for your rights in the Tribunal.
We will be required to share this information with the Tribunal to help them decide how you can receive assessment and treatment, care or support in a way that is least restrictive or intrusive to you.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We will use this information to contact service providers to collect information relevant to assisting you.
If we cannot help with your issues, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them after receiving your permission or where authorised or required by law.
e.g. name, address, date of birth, occupation, circumstances of the incidents in your complaint and personal health information
We use this information to investigate your concerns.
We may share this information with other agencies to understand the issues.
If we cannot help with your concern, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them after receiving your permission or where authorised or required by law.
e.g. organisational policies, procedures, incident registers, contracts for goods and services
We collect this information to understand the way organisations and service providers operate and provide services as well as their corporate and administrative processes.
The Commission is required to keep these records confidential in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act 2005.
We may be authorised or required to share this information under law.
e.g. sensitive personal information about your sex, sex or gender status, relationship status, status as a parent or carer, pregnancy, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, accommodation status, employer or employee organisation membership, age, employment records, criminal convictions, personal financial information, personal health information and medical opinion
We use this information to help determine whether a service provider or government agency has failed to protect the interests of vulnerable people.
There are times when information provided by you may be provided to another agency without your consent. This will only occur where there is a risk to your or someone else’s safety, or a risk to the general public.
The Commission is required to keep these records confidential in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act 2005.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address, criminal history, details about your case, how you might have been treated, and contact details that are provided by service providers and operators of closed environments.
We use this information to ensure service for children and young people are operating lawfully and effectively, including through reviewing registers of how certain powers are used (e.g. use of force or strip searching), reports of critical incidents and querying the basis for a decision about a child or young person.
The Commission is required to keep these records confidential in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act 2005 and Children and Young Person Act 2008.
We may be authorised or required to share this information by law.
e.g. minutes of discussions, attendee lists
We use this information to inform government about the views of children and young people.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide advice to government and service providers.
e.g. number of people accessing our services
We may use data from your personal information to compile statistics about issues for research, service improvement or training.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education.
e.g. information about your story or case
We use this information to understand your experiences and how public authorities and organisations respect your rights.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We will use this information to contact you and service providers to collect information relevant to assisting you.
If we cannot help with your issues, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them generally with your permission.
e.g. details about offence, offender, victim impact statements, records, sentence information
We will collect this information to determine your eligibility, to assist you in relation to interactions with the criminal justice system and/or to assess your application for financial assistance.
Secrecy provisions apply to this information under the Victims of Crime Act 1994 or the Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016
We will not share this information with anyone except as required by law. For example, we are required to make a mandatory child safety concern.
e.g. payment details, bank account details
We collect financial details to allow us to make payments to you.
We will not share this information with anyone except as required by law.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We will use this information to contact you.
If we cannot help with your issues we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them generally after we receive your permission.
e.g. orders made by ACAT
We collect health records to determine if an injury has resulted from a crime.
We use this information to identify what information can be provided to a victim about the forensic patient.
The Victims Support scheme is declared to be a health service provider for the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997 so all personal information about clients is treated as a health record.
We will use this information to provide information to the affected person on behalf of the Affected Persons register – in accordance with the Mental Health Act 2015.
e.g. information about your story or case
We use this information to understand your experiences and how public authorities and organisations respect your rights.
We may publish this information in a form that does not reveal your personal details to provide training or community education
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We use this information to contact service providers to collect information relevant to assisting you
If we cannot help with your issues, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them generally after we receive your permission.
e.g. details about offence, offender, victim impact statements, court records, sentence information
We will collect this information to assess whether justice agencies like the police, prosecution service, courts and corrective services are complying with their obligations to you as a victim.
Secrecy provisions apply to this information under the Victims of Crime Act 1994. We will not share this information with anyone except as required by law.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We will use this information to contact service providers to collect information relevant to assisting you.
If we cannot help with your issues, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them generally after we receive your permission.
e.g. details about offence, offender, victim impact statements, court records, sentence information
We will collect this information to assess whether justice agencies like the police, prosecution service, courts and corrective services are complying with their obligations to you as a victim. Secrecy provisions apply to this information under the Victims of Crime Act 1994.
e.g. your name, date of birth, address and contact details
We will use this information to contact service providers to collect information relevant to assisting you.
If we cannot help with your issues, we may be able to refer your issue to another agency that can help you by sharing this information with them.
e.g. details about offence, offender, victim impact statements, court records, sentence information
We will collect this information to assess what needs you have and who is best placed to assist you to navigate the justice system.
We will share this information with justice system agencies so that can cooperate in good faith to provide the assistance and support that you require
Secrecy provisions apply to this information under the Victims of Crime Act 1994.