Role of Law and Ethics in storing of personal data & Legal Requirement and Implication of Information Flashcards
What are the roles of law and ethics?
In Australia, there are Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 which direct business, government and others how to use and store personal data.
Privacy Principle 6 & 7
it must be used as part of the normal business function. eg Doctor’s surgery keeps patient details secure and doesn’t share them publicly
Storage of data
must keep the information secure; prevent interference, misuse and loss of the information
What are the legal requirements?
Privacy for individuals is a controversial topic and has caused more problems now as a result of social media.
Organisations are legally responsible for what they do with information about individuals.
Australian Privacy Principle 1 directs open and transparent management of personal information
What must an organisation do?
They must comply with the Australian Privacy Principles.
This means they must…
have an up-to-date policy for how they deal with customer information
show how it collects and holds this information
show how it discloses this information to others
show this policy on their company website
if requested they must give their policy to individuals or government departments.
explain to individuals why they are collecting the information
individuals must consent to providing information to companies
When we sign up to join an online community we often agree to terms of use.
Many people agree to these, without actually reading the fine print.
What could an organisation do?
The organisation may use your information in a way you are not happy with.
For example social media websites sometimes have the rights to use the photos individuals post within their websites.
If an organisation distributes your information, ie your email address to a marketing distribution website, you could receive hundreds of spam emails.
Identify theft could occur if your information gets into the wrong hands.
