Privacy Policy

Introduction
  1. The Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 commenced from 21 December 2001. It places legal obligations on ECH and staff on how we can collect, use, keep secure and disclose personal information in relation to residents, clients and others who have dealings with ECH.

  2. The Act protects personal information, including health information about an individual. The Act recognises the sensitive nature of health information and places extra protection around its handling. It extends ECH’s current culture of confidentiality, which is fundamental to professional obligations.

Policy
Under the Act, ECH can only collect necessary personal information. The term “necessary” means the information is required for one or more of the organisation’s functions or activities. “Personal information” means information that could be used to identify an individual and anything about them.

This could include:
  • names and contact numbers,
  • date of birth
  • health history
  • certain financial details
  • medical insurance details
  • family history
  • names, addresses and contact number of family or friends
  • contact information regarding a persons doctor and medical treatment
  • emergency contact details