Keeping your information secure

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When data is secure it means that it is kept very safe and private. People who are not approved cannot see or use it.

A rules book.

The ABS keeps the data for the data asset in the secure computer system. The detailed data can only be stored and used in Australia.

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To keep the data secure, they use the rules in the:

  • Protective Security Policy Framework
  • Information Security Manual.

The security review

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To make sure the computer system is secure a program is used called the Infosec Registered Assessors Program or IRAP.

An IRAP makes sure things are done well and in the right way on computers.

Information in approved computer systems

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If an accredited government group wants to put data on a safe computer system, the ABS and AIHW needs to say it is okay.

Keeping and destroying your information

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Government groups, like the ABS and AIHW must follow the rules in the Archives Act 1983.

This Act includes the laws around keeping people’s data.

A laptop with a paper shredder on the screen.

When data is not needed anymore, government groups will destroy it.

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To do this they must follow the rules in:

  • the Archives Act
  • the Australian Privacy Principles
  • other state and territory laws.