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What can my workplace use my COVID-19 vaccination information for?

Information collected for the purpose of determining whether a person is vaccinated is protected by section 34B of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 and can only be used for the purposes of the COVID-19 response.  In particular, the employer can only hold, store, use or disclose the information for the purpose of:

  1. Ascertaining with the individual is vaccinated;
  2. Demonstrating or ascertaining compliance with the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 or a COVID-19 Order;
  3. Enforcing the Act or Order; or
  4. The Health Act.

A breach of this restriction can attract significant penalties, and is considered to be an interference with the privacy of the individual for the purposes of the Privacy Act.

See our full Privacy and Covid-19 information here