St George In-Home care is committed to providing quality services and respecting your rights. Your right to privacy and confidentiality will be recognised, respected, and protected in all aspects of your contact with us.
This statement outlines our ongoing obligations to you concerning how we manage your Personal Information.
St George In-Home care complies with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) requirements.
WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION AND WHY DO WE COLLECT IT?
Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Personal Information includes Health Information, which is information about the physical or mental health or disability of an individual.
Examples of Personal Information we collect include: names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, health information, and emergency contact details.
We collect your Personal Information in many ways, including: interviews, correspondence, by telephone, email, via our website, from other publicly available sources, and from third parties.
(Note: Personal Information includes information recorded in a visual or audio format, such as photos, videos, and sound recordings.)
St George In-Home Care will only request and retain Personal Information that is necessary to:
assess your eligibility for support;
provide safe and responsive support;
monitor the supports provided; and
Fulfil contractual and other requirements to provide government agencies with non- identifying data and statistical information.
When we collect Personal Information, we will explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.
THIRD PARTIES
Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances, we may be provided information by third parties (such as other disability services). In such cases, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your Personal Information will only be disclosed:
to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the life or health of you or another person;
to outside agencies with your or your representative’s permission;
with written consent from a person with lawful authority; or
when required by law or to fulfil legislative obligations such as mandatory reporting.
SECURITY AND DESTRUCTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your Personal and Health Information will be stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. When your Personal and Health Information is no longer needed for the purpose it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify it. We will retain and dispose of your Personal and Health Information in accordance with our Privacy and Confidentiality Policy and Procedure.
ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may access the Personal or Health Information we hold about you to update or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal or Health Information, please speak to a staff member.
We may require your identification before releasing the requested information to protect your Personal or Health Information.
You have the right to:
request access to the personal information we hold about you;
access this information; and
make corrections if you consider the information inaccurate, incomplete or up to date.
We aim to address all requests to access or correct information within 1 working days. We will not charge any fee for your access request but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your information.
COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES
If you have any queries or complaints about this Privacy Statement, please contact St George In-Home Care Pty Ltd:
by email to: enquiries@stgeorgeinhomecare.com;
in writing to: Level 6, 4 Hogben St Kogarah NSW.
Alternatively, you can speak directly to the managing director, who will record your enquiry or complaint and ensure it is followed. All feedback and complaints regarding privacy will be dealt with in accordance with our Feedback and Complaints Policy and Procedure.