In the focus groups, people said:

• making the data asset was a good idea.
• it can be a very bad thing for people if information about their health or disability is made public without their consent. Consent is when you say yes or agree to something.
• the Australian community thinks that information that is sensitive should be kept safer and more private.

In the Privacy Act, sensitive information could be about:

• your health
• the country you were born in, or where your family came from
• your religion or what you believe.

Maddocks wrote that we are thinking about privacy when making the data asset. Privacy is important.

Governance will be done for the data asset to make sure the rules are followed and things are done the right way, like making sure:

• data is kept private
• things do not go wrong in the future.

We will do some things to keep peoples’ personal information safe, like:

• saying how people’s information will be shared
• following the rules in the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022
• having a set of rules on what is shared from the data asset.

Maddocks has made some recommendations on how to fix any risks or dangers and help keep data private.