Queensland

No comprehensive privacy law regulating the private sector.

The Information Privacy Act 2009 regulates the handling of personal information by Queensland government agencies. It contains 11 Information Privacy Principles which set out the way that all Queensland government agencies except Queensland Health are to handle personal information.

No comprehensive privacy law regulating the private sector.

The Information Privacy Act 2009 regulates the handling of personal information by Queensland government agencies. It contains 11 Information Privacy Principles, which set out the way that all Queensland government agencies except Queensland Health are to handle personal information. It also contains nine National Privacy Principles, which set out the way that Queensland Health is to handle personal information.

Personal information is information or an opinion, including information or an opinion forming part of a database, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion.

No legislation relevant to workplace monitoring.

• Right to Information Act 2009
• Public Records Act 2002
• Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 (spent convictions)
• Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 (listening devices, invasion of privacy of the home)
• Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994
• Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Chapter 4 deals with covert evidence-gathering powers)
• Private Employment Agents (Code of Conduct) Regulation 2005 (provisions 14 and 15 deal with work seekers' information and the need to ensure it is not disclosed or improperly used).