Access to confidential information under privacy laws restricted where risk to safety from family violence
144QA Access to confidential information under privacy laws restricted where risk to safety from family violence
S. 144QA inserted by No. 23/2017 s. 7.
An information sharing entity may refuse to give an individual access to that individual's confidential information under a relevant privacy law if—
the individual is a person of concern or a person who is alleged to pose a risk of committing family violence; and
the information sharing entity believes on reasonable grounds that giving the individual access to the information would increase the risk to a primary person's safety from family violence.
In this section—
relevant privacy law means—
the Health Records Act 2001; or
the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014; or
the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth; or
the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth applied as a law of Victoria by another Act.
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