Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Parents' right to know: Children's right to privacy Charles Mabbett
8 July 2016 at 12:21

As parents, we expect to be told everything about our infants when we take them to the doctor. The same with our toddlers. By the time they get to their teens, it gets a little more complicated. Should parents have the right to know about all about their under 16-year-old’s healthcare?

children, health, Health Information Privacy Code

Some direction on school directories Sam Grover
18 April 2016 at 00:00

If you’re not familiar with school directories, here’s how they work: at the beginning of a school year, some schools publish directories with contact details for each student and his/her parents. That directory is then distributed to each parent. Parents who need to contact one another how have a directory to aid them in doing so. Easy.

children, education

Can I tell someone if I’m worried about a child? Becci Whitton
1 April 2016 at 09:29

I visited my small home town for the first time in a long while over the Easter weekend. This meant having a lot of conversations that started with, “so, where are you working these days?” I would then explain the work that we do here at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, and was pleasantly surprised by how interested most people were in privacy issues!

children, information sharing

Coming to a place near you Charles Mabbett
7 March 2016 at 10:24

We make regular visits to the regions to meet people, discuss our work and find out how we can help. It is part of our public affairs and education outreach programme.

enquiries, children, media

The Internet of Toys Tim Henwood
11 December 2015 at 14:51

While our fridges, toasters and socks are learning how to talk to each other, so is Barbie. While governments are finding new ways to watch what we do, how we interact and how we talk to each other, so is Barbie. And on Christmas day, while we are listening to our children run in squealing, excited circles, so will Barbie.

children, technology, breach

Predicting risk without turning children into ‘lab rats’ Octavia Palmer
31 July 2015 at 12:43

Predictive risk modelling (PRM) is a hot privacy topic. The neglect and abuse of children is a social issue that has understandably galvanised public interest, the news media and government agencies. One of the ways the government is considering tackling this high priority issue is by using computer programs that make predictions about the levels of risk to a child.

children

Leaving no child left unmined? Octavia Palmer
29 July 2015 at 10:31

Here's a question that many school administrators, boards of trustees, parents and teachers across the country are currently grappling with: how to protect student privacy and still take advantage of new internet-connected education technology, increasingly known as EduTech?

children

Putting children first Richard Stephen
15 April 2015 at 10:28

As a parent or guardian of a child under 16, you are entitled to request health information about your child as if it were your own information. For other personal information, the Privacy Act does not provide a right of access by a parent, but a parent or guardian can request information if the child is either too young to act on their own behalf, or where the child has consented.

complaints, children, health, Health Information Privacy Code

Viewing entries tagged with 'children'

Parents' right to know: Children's right to privacy Charles Mabbett 8 July 2016 at 12:21

Some direction on school directories Sam Grover 18 April 2016 at 00:00

Can I tell someone if I’m worried about a child? Becci Whitton 1 April 2016 at 09:29

Coming to a place near you Charles Mabbett 7 March 2016 at 10:24

The Internet of Toys Tim Henwood 11 December 2015 at 14:51

Predicting risk without turning children into ‘lab rats’ Octavia Palmer 31 July 2015 at 12:43

Leaving no child left unmined? Octavia Palmer 29 July 2015 at 10:31

Putting children first Richard Stephen 15 April 2015 at 10:28

Parents' right to know: Children's right to privacy Charles Mabbett
8 July 2016 at 12:21

Some direction on school directories Sam Grover
18 April 2016 at 00:00

Can I tell someone if I’m worried about a child? Becci Whitton
1 April 2016 at 09:29

Coming to a place near you Charles Mabbett
7 March 2016 at 10:24

The Internet of Toys Tim Henwood
11 December 2015 at 14:51

Predicting risk without turning children into ‘lab rats’ Octavia Palmer
31 July 2015 at 12:43

Leaving no child left unmined? Octavia Palmer
29 July 2015 at 10:31

Putting children first Richard Stephen
15 April 2015 at 10:28