The Office of the IGEM has statutory obligations with respect to privacy and managing personal information under the
Information Privacy Act 2009 (IP Act).
The IP Act is designed to protect all forms of personal information from being lost, misused or inappropriately modified or disclosed.
The IP Act details the Queensland Privacy Principles, which govern the collection, storage, maintenance, use and disclosure of personal
information by public sector agencies.
Personal information is any information that would allow an individual to be identified. Section 12 of the IP Act defines personal information as:
‘information or an opinion about an identified individual or an individual who is reasonably identifiable from the information or opinion –
a) whether the information or opinion is true or not; and
b) whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.'
Examples of personal information include a person’s name, address, phone number, date of birth, gender, and physical characteristics including height, birthmarks and tattoos. Personal information can be stored on a variety of media such as paper, electronic database, photographic and video image, audiotape, digital formats, body samples and biometric data.
The Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) provides information and resources about your privacy rights and how the QPS and other Queensland government agencies and ministers are required to handle your personal information.
