Privacy Education
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner offers free online privacy education.
You can learn about privacy or sharpen your skills with their free e-learning tools. There are 10 free courses to choose from, and they are all run as online learning modules. Learn at your own pace and receive a certificate of completion.
Topics range from Privacy 101 to specialist topics like health and education. You can learn more about reporting privacy breaches, approved information sharing agreements (AISA) and more.
The following courses are currently available:
Privacy 101: This course will introduce you to key concepts and definitions contained in the Privacy Act. The training takes approximately 2-3 hours but does not have to be completed in a single session.
Privacy Act 2020: This course will give you an overview of why the Privacy Act was revised and key changes in the new Act. The Privacy Act 2020 will come into force on 1 December 2020. This course was previously called Privacy 2.0.
Privacy ABC: This module contains eleven scenario-based units which give a quick oversight of privacy in 30 minutes or less.
Privacy Breach Reporting: This course will help you understand what you can do to reduce the risk of privacy breaches and manage breaches that do occur. It also covers the requirements to notify the Privacy Commissioner of serious privacy breaches.
Employment and Privacy: This module contains a series of eight units which will help employers and employees deal with privacy-related employment issues.
Health 101: This course will introduce you to key concepts and definitions contained in the Health Information Privacy Code (HIPC) and how they may be applied in practice. The training takes approximately 3-4 hours but does not have to be completed in a single session.
Privacy ABC for Schools: This course will provide an overview of privacy rights and responsibilities in the context of schools, as well as give you an understanding of how the Privacy Act is applied in practice.
Health ABC: Get a 30 minute introduction to protecting health information under the Health Information Privacy Code
Cost: Free
You can access the free e-learning training here.
