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Privacy Standard

Whole of Victorian Government ICT Standard: Privacy

Website Management Framework

Short description

Departments/agencies will ensure that website content, services and processes conform to privacy legislation and principles.

Identifier: WEB/STD/04
Version No.: 2.2
Status: Approved
Date of effect: 14 April 2009
Next review date: 19 November 2012

Owner: Privacy Victoria

Issuing authority: Government Services Group, Department of Treasury and Finance, Victorian Government

Standard: Privacy - WEB/STD/04

Requirement

Departments and agencies will comply with the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Victoria) in the design, management, operation and content of websites under their control.

Overview

Victoria's Information Privacy Act recognises that privacy protection is essential to a healthy online environment. Privacy laws provide governments, and other organisations that collect personal information, with a framework for the acceptable use and transfer of that information.

The importance of privacy protection to successful eGovernment was reinforced in 2002 in the Victorian Government's eGovernment statement Putting People at the Centre. The statement confirmed that the privacy laws not only protect citizens, they also provide a framework to governments for the acceptable use and transfer of personal information.

While technology developments constantly expand the opportunities to collect and misuse personal information, they also increase the ability to protect it. Governments have a responsibility to investigate and adopt privacy-enhancing technologies as part of the eGovernment agenda.

Likewise citizens should be encouraged to exercise greater control over their own privacy with:

• education initiatives to help them improve the security of information held by other parties, including government;
• information to help them preserve their anonymity when interfacing with government websites; and
• cryptographic and authentication tools (including digital signatures) to help them improve the security of communications and information.

Rationale

To ensure that the rights and interests of citizens and the Government are protected.

Derivation

Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic.)

Related principles /objectives

To ensure operational risks are managed.

In scope

All departments and the four inner budget agencies (Environment Protection Authority, State Revenue Office, VicRoads and Victoria Police) and CenITex.

All internet sites including channels, portals and sub-domains

Audience

Departmental / agency Website Management Taskforce Coordinators, website managers, content authors, developers and / or anyone responsible for the management of a website

Compliance Date

From the Date of effect of this standard.

Reporting requirements

Annual reporting using the Government Services DivisionWMF template.

Guidelines, toolkits and references

Privacy Victoria maintains guidelines and information sheets on working with the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Victoria). Particularly, see guideline Website Privacy Guidelines for the Victorian Public Sector May 2004 - in pdf format (273kb) . (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). .

For Further Information

For further information please contact web.standards@dtf.vic.gov.au

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

GSD - Government Services Divisoln

WMF - Website Management Framework

WoVG - Whole of Victorian Government

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Alternative formats:

This standard is available from the Government Services Division in pdf format (165kb). (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader).

 

Last updated: 11 October 2011

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