Your Privacy and Health 
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This page gives you some information on how the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) protects your health information.
Health information is "sensitive information" and there are special rules in the National Privacy Principles about the way this information should be collected. Health service providers in the private sector must comply with these rules.
A health service provider is any private sector organisation that assesses or records information about your health and maintains or improves your health or that dispenses prescription or medicinal preparations.
We have produced a special health guide, My Health, My Privacy, My Choice, which gives you useful information about your health information and privacy. Health FAQs may have the answer to your health question.
The Health section on our website gives information and guidance for health service providers on how to handle health information.
The Privacy Commissioner also has special responsibilities to do with National Health Guidelines.
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My Health My Privacy My Choice - a consumer's guide to privacy and health information (November 2002)
My Health My Privacy My Choice provides individuals with information about their new rights and choices into how their personal information is held in the private health sector. The consumer's guide gives an overview of 'health services' covered by the Privacy Act, what kinds of personal information are considered 'health information' and through a variety of scenarios and discussions, outlines key privacy rights in relation to collection, use and disclosure and access to personal health information which is held in the private health sector.
My Health My Privacy My Choice - A consumer's guide to privacy and health information - HTML, PDF, Word
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Non-English speakers
Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450. This is a free service.
Ask for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner on 1300 363 992.
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