Council found to have committed privacy breaches

On 20 April 2022, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in EIG v North Sydney Council [2022] NSWCATAD 127 found that North Sydney Council breached Health Privacy Principles 4 and 11(HPP 4 and 11) and made the following order requiring North Sydney Council (who is referred to as the Respondent below) to provide an unreserved formal written apology:

Within 14 days of the date of these Reasons for Decision the Respondent is to provide an unreserved formal written apology to the Applicant addressing and apologising for the Respondent’s breaches of HPP 4 and HPP 11 in respect of the health information of the Applicant as identified in these Reasons for Decision and for all distress and embarrassment caused to the Applicant by such. Back to Listing