Data Sharing (Government Sector) Act 2015

to promote, in a manner that recognises the protection of privacy as an integral component, the management and use of government sector data as a public resource that supports good Government policy making, program management and service planning and delivery, and

to remove barriers that impede the sharing of government sector data with the DAC or between other government sector agencies, and

to facilitate the expeditious sharing of government sector data with the DAC or between other government sector agencies, and

to provide protections in connection with data sharing under this Act by—

specifying the purposes for, and the circumstances in, which data sharing is permitted or required, and

ensuring that data sharing involving health information or personal information continues to be in compliance with the requirements of the privacy legislation concerning the collection, use, disclosure, protection, keeping, retention or disposal of such information, and

requiring compliance with data sharing safeguards in connection with data sharing.