Privacy Officer Network

• Description of the Privacy Officer Network
• Privacy Officer Network - Terms of Reference

Description of the Privacy Officer Network

South Australian Public Sector agencies are required to comply with the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) as detailed in the Premier and Cabinet Circular No 12.

It is the responsibility of Chief Executives to ensure that their agencies comply with the Information Privacy Principles.

To help agencies fulfil this obligation, a Network of privacy contacts from within the major public sector departments has been established to assist with education about, and compliance with, the Information Privacy Principles.

The establishment of the Network aims to increase the efficiency of communications about protection of personal information. In turn this will enable proactive responses to areas of privacy risk, and over time will develop a more robust culture of privacy awareness across the Public Sector.

Related Information:

• Information Privacy Principles

Privacy Officer Network - Terms of Reference

The role of members is to:

• Receive and disseminate information about developments in the management of personal information to agencies and Ministerial Offices as required;
• Raise privacy awareness for new and existing staff;
• Assist with consultation on developments in privacy within the public sector;
• Where relevant, facilitate agency responses to complaints from the public or those referred to the agency by the Privacy Committee; and
• Provide feedback to the Privacy Committee on relevant matters.

The objectives of the Network are to:

• Assist with education about, and compliance with, the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) across the South Australian Public Sector;
• Enable timely responses to areas of privacy risk; and
• Assist with the development of a more informed culture of privacy awareness across the public sector.

State Records of South Australia supports the Privacy Committee in administration of the Information Privacy Principles. The role of State Records is to:

• Liaise between the Privacy Committee of South Australia and the Privacy Officer Network;
• Provide information and support the education of the Privacy Officer Network when relevant; and
• Facilitate Network meetings to provide advice on Information Privacy Principle compliance and other matters of interest.

Contact information for the Privacy Officers for South Australian Government Agencies. Contact Information for Privacy Officer Network (62 KB PDF File)
An outline of the Terms of Reference for the Privacy Officers Network of South Australia Privacy Officer Network - Terms of Reference (49 KB PDF File)

Related Information:

• Privacy Committee of South Australia
• Information Privacy Principles