Privacy

You have the right to know the information that we collect about users of our website, the purpose for which the information is collected, how the information is used and to whom, if anyone, the information is disclosed.

Our privacy standards are set out in the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (PPIP Act) and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (HRIP Act).

For further information on SafeWork's privacy practices please read:

• our privacy statement for a summary of how we protect and handle your personal and health information
• our website privacy notice for information on what we collect from and/or about users of this website and what we do with this information
• our privacy management plan which is an expanded explanation of how we protect and handle your personal and health information
• our privacy collection notice (PCN) page, which contains notices for individual licence applications, products and services
• our data breach policy, outlines the processes to contain, assess, manage and notify an eligible data breach under the Mandatory Notification of Data Breach (MNDB) scheme established by Part 6A of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) (PPIP Act)
• our data breach public notification register. The purpose of the register is to ensure individuals can determine whether they may have been affected by a Department of Customer Service (DCS) data breach.

You may apply to SafeWork NSW to access and correct any information about you that SafeWork NSW holds. Applications should be made in writing to: Privacy Contact Officer, SafeWork NSW, Locked Bag 2906, Lisarow NSW 2252, or by email to privacy@safework.nsw.gov.au.

Access to your personal and/or health information

You have a legislative right to request access to your personal and/or health information that is held by SafeWork NSW. You can ask SafeWork NSW to provide you with access by completing our online form.

You are entitled to have access to this information without excessive delay or cost. However, you may be required to pay a fee if the application is made under the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.

Privacy complaints

If you are unhappy with the way SafeWork NSW have handled your personal or health information, please let us know. You should first raise your complaint with the relevant area within SafeWork NSW that has handled your personal or health information. If you are dissatisfied with their response, you can apply for an internal review. An internal review is a formal process undertaken in accordance with the privacy legislation to investigate a privacy-related complaint relating to conduct that involves personal information or health information. If you would like to apply for an internal review, please complete our Privacy Complaint Form (PDF, 101.23 KB).

Contact

Please contact the SafeWork NSW Privacy Team by email at privacy@safework.nsw.gov.au.