Keeping your data safe

A rules book.

There are rules to follow and things that must be done to keep information safe. We also call information data in this document.

Data kept apart

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Accredited Data Service Providers have people who:

  • get data from different governments
  • put it into the data asset.

They will add 2 types of data.

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The first type of data is personal information, like a person’s name and address. People will only use personal information to join sets of data.

The second type of data is research data, like what job a person has.

People cannot use both types of data at the same time.

This helps us keep personal information private.

Approved research

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Before the data asset can be used in a project, the ABS must agree to the research project.

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Research is when people learn or study things to know more about them.

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Data used in a research project will not have any personal information in it.

A charter document.

The ABS will make sure rules are followed from the:

  • National Disability Data Asset Charter (the Charter)
  • data provider agreements. This is a set of rules about how data providers will use and keep data private
  • other project rules and laws.

A rules book.

The Charter has rules about what people can and cannot use the data asset for.

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National Disability Data Asset Council (the Council) includes people from the government and the disability community.

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They will look at how the data asset is used to make sure it is used in the right way.

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Access is looked after by the Australian Government Data Sharing Principles.

We will use 5 principles to check how people find and use the data.

Researchers from a list

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Governments and researchers who want to do research will ask the ABS if they can use the data asset, like when they want to learn how to make a service better for people with disability.

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Only researchers from our list will be able to use the data.

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Researchers are people who learn or study things to know more about them.

Researchers can only use data that does not have personal information in it.

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The researchers must work for or be part of:

  • an Australian, state or territory government
  • or an Australian university.

An approved stamp.

Their organisation must be accredited by the DATA Scheme.

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Organisations from other counties cannot be accredited, this means they cannot use the data asset.