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Privacy Case Law Index

NSW cases

Cases determined under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998

  • Administrative Decisions Tribunal decisions
Date of DecisionTitle
26 April 2006PN v Department of Education and Training [2006] NSWADT 122
Personal information: point at which information ceases to relate to suitability for appointment / employment.
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13 April 2006NZ v Health Care Complaints Commission [2006] NSWADT 111
Communication construed as a complaint: confidentiality
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13 March 2006SW v Forests NSW [2006] NSWADT 74
Collection of information: whether for a lawful purpose.
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3 June 2004KO & Anor v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police (GD) [2004] NSWADTAP21
Complaints under Part 8A Police Act, requirement to establish evidence of breach.
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25 May 2004GA & Ors v Department of Education and Training and NSW Police (GD) [2004] NSWADTAP 18
Interim determinations, information arising out of a police complaint.

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3 May 2004KJ v Wentworth Area Health Service [2004] NSWADT 84
Health information; collection; disclosure; consent.
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19 April 2004Ormonde v NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service (No 2) [2004] NSWADT 75
Application to summons witnesses refused.
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16 April 2004HW v Director of Public Prosecutions (No 2) [2004] NSWADT 73
Collection of information; meaning of 'from an individual'.
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30 March 2004Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police -v- EG; EG -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police (GD) [2004] NSWADTAP 10
Exemption for publicly available publications; procedural fairness.
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15 January 2004JD v NSW Health [2004] NSWADT 7
Matters not dealt with in internal review.

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13 January 2004KD v Medical Board [2004] NSWADT 5
Use of personal information.

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12 January 2004GA v DET & Police [2004] NSWADT 2
Matters not raised at internal review; information arising from a police complaint.

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12 January 2004KO & Anor v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2004] NSWADT 3
Information arising out of a police internal investigation, aggrieved person, law enforcement exemption.
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17 December 2003GR v Department of Housing [2003] NSWADT 268
Retention of personal information, consent to disclosure.

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17 December 2003Ormonde v NPWS [2003] NSWADT 267
Tribunal's powers under the ADT Act to set aside summons.
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23 September 2003Vice Chancellor, Macquarie University v FM [2003] NSWADTAP 43
Role of Privacy Commissioner; scope of "personal information"; direction on investigative functions.
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10 September 2003HW v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police and Anor [2003] NSWADT 214
Scope of exemptions for the police service; scope of exemptions relating to law enforcement.
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25 July 2003GV v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions [2003] NSWADT 177
Burden of proof; information collected from a third party in connection with proceedings.
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11 July 2003GL v Director General Department of Education and Training [2003] NSWADT 166
Jurisdiction of the Tribunal; information about suitability for public sector employment; use of information.
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24 June 2003EG v Commissioner of Police [2003] NSWADT 150
Preliminary hearing on scope of definition of personal information; opinion; publicly available information.
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4 June 2003Fitzpatrick v Ambulance Service of NSW [2003] NSWADT 132
Time of application to Tribunal.
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30 May 2003FY v Health Care Complaints Commission [2003] NSWADT 128
Dismissal.
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16 April 2003FM v Vice Chancellor, Macquarie University [2003] NSWADT 78
See also appeal by Vice Chancellor, Macquarie University, above.
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7 April 2003FH v NSW Department of Corrective Services [2003] NSWADT 72
Security of information.
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31 March 2003DO v University of NSW (GD) [2003] NSWADTAP 9
Collection from third parties, consent.
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28 October 2002DO v University of NSW [2002] NSWADT 211
Collection from third parties, consent.
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22 October 2002Wykanak v Department of Local Government [2002] NSWADT 208
External review - can Tribunal review anticipated conduct?
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20 June 2002CP v NSW Ombudsman [2002] NSWADT 103
External review - jurisdiction of the Tribunal.
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26 April 2002BQ v Commissioner of Police [2002] NSWADT 64
Jurisdiction of the Tribunal; late application for internal review.
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12 September 2001Y v Department of Education and Training [2001] NSWADT 149
Jurisdiction of the Tribunal; late application for internal review; information about suitability for public sector employment.
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