Gender Equality Action Plans (GEAPs) and progress reports from defined entities will be published by the Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner on this site.
Under the Gender Equality Act 2020, defined entities have important privacy obligations:
- to remove any personal information from their GEAPs or progress reports
- when submitting any material that is likely to be published, to advise the Commissioner whether the material contains any personal information
Personal information is defined in the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. It means information about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information.
Organisations should seek the advice of their responsible Privacy Officer if you have any specific concerns regarding the sharing of information.
The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) has developed some useful guides:
- Gender Equality Act 2020 and Privacy
- De-identification and privacy: Considerations for the public sector
Organisations can also seek the views and advice of OVIC. OVIC can be contacted for general advice on privacy queries at:
- phone: 1300 066 842 between 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday
- email: enquiries@ovic.vic.gov.au
- post: PO Box 2427, Melbourne VIC 3001
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