Privacy Policy
Home Care Packages
Program Assurance Community of Practice (CoP)

APP 5 Notice

Who is collecting your personal information?
Your personal information is being collected by the Department of Health and Aged Care (the Department).

What personal information is being collected?
The Department is collecting your work email address and CoP username.

Why does the Department collect your personal information?
We are collecting your personal information for the purpose of facilitating your use of the CoP.

Your personal information may also be used for the purpose of analysis of user interactions with the CoP, including determining the number of users, the number of times users log into the CoP, or the time users spent reading posts on the CoP.

What would happen if the Department did not collect your personal information?
If you do not or are unable to provide your personal information, we will be unable to register you to use the CoP.

Access to and correction of your personal information
The Department’s privacy policy contains information about how you may access and seek correction of personal information about you that is held by the Department.

Privacy complaints
The Department’s privacy policy contains information about how you may complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles or the Australian Government Agencies Privacy Code and how the Department will deal with complaints.

Overseas disclosure of your personal information
The Department is unlikely to disclose your personal information to overseas recipients.

Further information
You can read the department’s privacy policy here. You can obtain a copy of the APP privacy policy by contacting the Department using the contact details set out at the end of this notice.

Contact details
If you wish to contact the Department about a privacy-related matter, including questions about this notice, please contact the Department’s Privacy Officer by one of the following methods:

  • Post:
    Privacy Officer
    Department of Health and Aged Care
    23 Furzer Street
    WODEN ACT 2606

  • Email
    privacy@health.gov.au

  • Telephone
    02 6289 1555