Regulator guidance

IPC fact sheet: Health Privacy Principles (HPPs)

Information and Privacy Commission NSW. Factsheet, New South Wales.

Version: May 2026
Last read: 7 October 2026

The Privacy Commissioner's summary of the 15 Health Privacy Principles in Schedule 1 of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act, under the headings collection, storage, access and accuracy, use, disclosure, identifiers and anonymity, and transferrals and linkage. It says the Act applies to a private sector person that is a health service provider.

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