Requirement for a Program Protocol. The Information Commissioner’s Guidelines on Data Matching in Australian Government Administration specify that a program protocol be prepared by agencies conducting certain data matching programs. These guidelines are voluntary. The Department of Human Services (DHS) complies with these guidelines.
Requirement for a Program Protocol. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s Guidelines on Data-matching specifies that a data-matching program protocol should be prepared by agencies conducting certain data-matching programs. These guidelines are voluntary, but represent the Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner’s view of best practice. Services Australia complies with these guidelines. Services Australia’s Privacy Policy outlines how a person can complain about how the agency has handled their personal information, and how the agency will deal with such a complaint. STP Data-matching Program Protocols
Requirement for a Program Protocol. The Information Commissioner’s Guidelines on Data-matching in Australian Government Administration specify that a program protocol be prepared by agencies conducting certain data-matching programs. These guidelines are voluntary, but represent the Information Commissioner’s view of best practice. The Department of Human Services (DHS) complies with these guidelines. Definition of Data-Matching Data-matching is the comparison of two or more sets of data to identify similarities or discrepancies. In the context of this protocol, the term data-matching is used to denote the use of computer techniques to compare data found in two or more computer files to identify cases where there is a risk of incorrect payment. DHS observes the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) as provided in Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act). Individuals who consider that an agency has interfered with their privacy may complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. Description of the Program Summary of the Program DHS delivers a range of programs for payments and services on behalf of the Commonwealth. These payments and services are delivered in accordance with agreements with client agencies. To maintain the integrity of these payments and services, DHS undertakes compliance activities to ensure ongoing entitlement and eligibility. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) trust data-matching detects customers who may not be declaring their involvement as a beneficiary of a discretionary and/or hybrid trust to DHS. This data-matching program commenced in 2001. A notice announcing the commencement of the matching program was originally published in the Commonwealth of Australia Government Gazette on 12 December 2001. DHS provides the ATO with a file of recipients who: have received a payment within the relevant financial year are partnered to a recipient; or have an outstanding debt. The ATO then match this file with its trust tax return records and returns a file to DHS twice a year. On receipt of these files DHS compares the information with the trust details on the recipient’s DHS record. If the trust has not been declared to DHS, the recipient is selected for review. When a recipient has been matched and they have a partner who is an income support recipient, a review is generated for the partner as the undisclosed income may impact on the partner’s entitlement. An interest in a trust is considered to include, but not be limited to: trust distributions r...
Requirement for a Program Protocol. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s (OAIC) Guidelines on Data matching in Australian Government Administration (Data Matching Guidelines) specify that a program protocol be prepared by agencies conducting certain data matching programs. These guidelines are voluntary, but represent the OAIC’s view of best practice. Services Australia (the Agency) complies with the Data Matching Guidelines. The Agency’s Privacy Policy outlines how a person may lodge a complaint about how the Agency has handled their personal information, and also outlines how the Agency will deal with such a complaint. The Agency’s Privacy Policy is available at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/xxxxxxx Definition of Data Matching Data matching is the comparison of two or more sets of data to identify similarities or discrepancies. In the context of this protocol, the term data matching means the use of computer techniques to compare data found in two or more computer files to identify instances where additional clarification may be required to resolve differences in those data files. Description of the Program
