Sean Nicklin

DR SEAN NICKLIN'S PRIVACY POLICY

1. INTRODUCTION

Dr Nicklin's Practice respects and upholds your rights to privacy protection under the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000. This policy describes how we manage any personal information we have about you.

2. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ME DOES DR NICKLIN'S PRACTICE HOLD?

Name, address, contact telephone number(s)
Date of Birth
Occupation
Health Information
General Practitioner
Referring Doctor
Veterans Affairs Association
Details associated with services we have provided to you
Any additional information provided to us by you or referring agencies
Any information you provided to us through client/consumer surveys
Clinical photographs or pre and post-operative procedures

Dr Sean Nicklin's Practice will destroy or de-identify personal information due to redundancy after its legal obligations to retain the information have expired.

3. WHAT DOES DR NICKLIN'S PRACTICE DO WITH MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use personal information about you:

To provide services and care for you
To assist staff in providing services and care to you
To assist with any calls you make to us
For our internal administrative requirements.
To provide information to Hospital Services and Health Workers who provide necessary follow-up treatment and ongoing services
For benchmarking reporting in a de-identified form
To provide data in both an identified and de-identified form to Government agencies in compliance with numerous legislative requirements
And with your consent: to communicate promotional offers and special events
Direct mail
Service planning
Research and development

Dr Nicklin's Practice will not disclose personal information about individuals to any person except when:

(a) You have consented to the disclosure

(b) The secondary purpose is related to the primary purpose (for which the information was collected) and a person would reasonably expect such use or disclosure; or

(d) It is required by Commonwealth/State legislation or in circumstances related to public interest or public or individual health and safety.

You are entitled to have access to and request the amendment of personal information that Dr Nicklin's Practice has collected about you.

4. MISCELLANEOUS

In this policy personal information and health information have the same meaning as under the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000. This document represents our policy as at 15 th March 2005. We may change this policy from time to time. Although we intend to observe this policy at all times, it is not legally binding on Dr Nicklin's Practice in any way.