The Board wishes to remind psychologists about their responsibilities under the Federal Privacy Act and the National Privacy Principles (NPPs).
The ten NPPs cover areas such as collection of personal health information, use and disclosure of information, accuracy of client records, data security, collection, possession and management of client records, access to, and correction of, client records, identifiers, anonymity, transborder data flows, and sensitive information.
Psychologists must be fully aware of their obligations in this regard. To view the Privacy Act and the NPPs please click on the links below:
Link to Privacy Act 1988
Link to Privacy Amendment Act 2004
Link to National Privacy Principles