Positive Duty Privacy Collection Notice

The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) collects and handles personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Archives Act 1983 (Cth) and our Privacy Policy.

By completing this online form, you consent to us collecting your personal information and sensitive information and using it for the purposes set out below.

We may use the information you provide to us for the purposes of administering our functions under s 35A of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (AHRC Act), which relate to the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (positive duty). These include:

• to gather information about compliance with the positive duty
• to analyse trends related to non-compliance with the positive duty
• to collate demographic data in a de-identified and aggregated way for the purposes of analysis, reporting and publication
• to inform our engagement with stakeholders
• to inform our compliance and enforcement activities, including conducting inquiries into the conduct of duty holders
• to educate the public in relation to the positive duty
• to prepare and publish resources and reports related to the positive duty, including de-identified case examples or quotes
• to report on our functions under s 35A of the AHRC Act
• where you have provided your contact information, to contact you about information you have provided to us.

If the information you provide to us includes the personal information of third parties, this information will also be collected by us. Those third parties will not be notified that their information has been collected.

The personal information, and any personal information of third parties, that you provide to us may be disclosed to third parties:

• as part of us administering our compliance and enforcement functions under ss 35A(d), (e) and (f) of the AHRC Act
• where we engage a third party service provider to assist us in administering our functions, however we will ensure that they are contractually obligated to keep information confidential
• where we are required to disclose the information by law, including under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).

Our Privacy Policy sets out how you can make a complaint about how we have handled your information and how we will deal with your complaint.