Privacy and Information Sharing

Resources

Privacy on a page

• Privacy on a page for principals ( staff login required)
• Privacy on a page for teachers (staff login required)
• Privacy on a page for student health and wellbeing staff (staff login required)

Useful links

• Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC)
• Health Complaints Commissioner

How to implement the Schools’ Privacy Policy

• Schools’ Privacy Policy: frequently asked questions for staff (staff login required)
• Schools’ Privacy Policy: information for parents

Collection statements

• Collection Statement — Enrolment (staff login required): to be provided to parents and carers with the Student Enrolment Form
• Collection Statement — Primary School (login required): to be published on the school website and an annual reminder sent to parents and carers
• Collection Statement — Secondary School (staff login required): to be published on the school website and an annual reminder sent to parents and carers
• Sample Notice — single online service in our school (staff login required)
• Sample Notice — multiple online services in our school (staff login required)
• Collection statement generator (staff login required)

Photographs, filming and consent

• Photographing, filming and recording students (staff login required) — for school policy and consent form templates

Sharing information

• Schools’ Privacy Policy: frequently asked questions for staff (staff login required)

Privacy impact assessments

• Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) template (staff login required)
• Privacy Matrix (staff login required)
• Summary of Information Privacy Principles (staff login required)
• OVIC: Privacy by design: Effective privacy management in the Victorian public sector

Incidents

• Privacy Incident Management for Schools (staff login required)
• Privacy Incident Management for Schools — accessible version (staff login required)

Training

For an introduction to privacy in schools, complete the Privacy for Schools eLearning module (login required) which can be found in LearnED in eduPay.