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Privacy Policy (from August 2005)

This policy supersedes the former DHS Privacy Policy established in 1998 and is based upon the requirements of the Information Privacy Act 2000 and the Health Records Act 2001.

• Privacy Policy Statement
• Key Privacy Principles In Summary

Privacy Policy Brochure for clients

As part of the Department's efforts to ensure that all DHS clients have access to information about this policy, a brochure has been developed for distribution to all Department of Human Services offices.

Click here to download a PDF version of this brochure

DHS Privacy Brochure March 2006. (76kb, PDF)

This brochure is also available in ten community languages. Click to download a PDF version in the language shown:

DHS Privacy Brochure in Arabic (192KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Arabic
DHS Privacy Brochure in Chinese (255KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Chinese
DHS Privacy Brochure in Croation (165KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Croatian
DHS Privacy Brochure in Greek (177KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Greek
DHS Privacy Brochure in Italian (163KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Italian
DHS Privacy Brochure in Russian (179KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Russian
DHS Privacy Brochure in Somali (163KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Somali
DHS Privacy Brochure in Spanish (163KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Spanish
DHS Privacy Brochure in Turkish (167KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Turkish
DHS Privacy Brochure in Vietnamese (148KB, PDF) DHS Privacy Brochure in Vietnamese