Privacy and Confidentiality Procedure

This policy is to ensure that management of participants’ personal information meets all relevant legislative and regulatory requirements.

This policy applies to current and potential participants, their carers, and their family members. This policy also applies to the red frog for Families team, and any students or volunteers.

Personal information – Recorded information (including images) or opinion, whether true or not, from which the identity (including those up to thirty years deceased) could be reasonably ascertained.

Sensitive information – Information or an opinion about an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political party, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, sexual preference or practices, or criminal record. This is also considered to be personal information.

Health information – Any information or an opinion about the physical, mental, or psychological health or ability (at any time) of an individual.

Information Privacy – refers to the control of the collection, use, disclosure, and disposal of information and the individual’s right to control how their personal information is handled.

Red Frog for Families is committed to the transparent management of personal and health information about its participants and staff.

This commitment includes protecting the privacy of personal information, in accordance:

• Australian Privacy Principles (APPs)
• Privacy Act 1988
• Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012