How is a worker’s privacy being protected on the silica worker register?

SafeWork NSW is committed to ensuring that all the personal and health information it holds is managed securely and in line with the Information Protection Principles of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Privacy Principles of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.

The silica worker register and the data and information management procedures that enable it were developed in careful consideration of the principles and legislation and were subject to the recommendations provided by an external and comprehensive privacy impact assessment. Workers whose personal and health information is collected for the silica worker register are encouraged to review the Privacy Collection Notice for details about how their information is collected, used and managed.