Privacy Summary

At Hunter Primary Care, we respect your right to privacy, and uphold your right to have your personal information privacy maintained. Protecting privacy when handling personal information is very important to us and is fundamental to the way in which we operate.

When we collect or are given your personal information, it imposes a responsibility upon us to protect that information and maintain the trust that has been given. We do this in accordance with our legal obligations and in line with reasonable expectations.

We make sure that each person providing personal information is informed about and understands the purpose of collecting the information and how it will be used. Where information is provided by a third party, we ensure we have the informed consent of the person concerned.

We commit to collecting, holding and using personal information appropriately, for the use/s for which we hold it, and in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Further, we take all reasonable steps to protect personal information from unauthorised disclosure, loss, misuse or alteration.

Unless it is noted expressly in this policy, we do not make distinction between the handling of personal information and sensitive information (including health information). We treat all information with the same levels of respect, and the same security protections.

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