Class B cemetery trust stakeholders

What do I do if I am from a newly established Class B Cemetery Trust?

If your Class B Cemetery Trust is newly formed, please contact the Information Security Unit (ISU) via security@ovic.vic.gov.au to discuss your reporting obligations.

Significant change

If your Class B Cemetery Trust has undergone, or expects to undergo, a ‘significant change’ to its operating environment or its security risks, you may be required to submit an out-of-cycle Protective Data Security Plan (PDSP).

This obligation remains unchanged. In the event of significant change, contact the ISU to discuss your options.

Incident notification

Cemetery Trusts should reach out to OVIC in the event of any compromises (incidents) to their information or systems. Read more about incident notification.

If you are unsure whether you have experienced an incident, or if you are unsure of how to notify OVIC, please contact us.

Resources for Class B Cemetery Trusts

Class B Cemetery Trusts have obligations under Part 4 of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) to ensure the right people have access to the right information at the right time.

This page contains guidance and materials developed specifically for Class B Cemetery Trusts to help protect cemetery trust information from being lost, destroyed, or compromised.

Class B Cemetery Trusts: Information Asset Register

This template was designed to assist cemetery trusts develop an Information Asset Register (IAR).

Developing and maintaining an IAR will help your cemetery trust keep a consistent record of its information for future generations.

For more information or to request a hard copy of the IAR, please contact OVIC.

See the Class-B-Cemetery-Trust-Information-Asset-Register-Guide-and-Template.docx and Class-B-Cemetery-Trust-Information-Asset-Register-Guide-and-Template.pdf.

Class B Cemetery Trusts: Considering third-party providers

A third-party provider can be any person or organisation outside your cemetery trust that may store or manage any / all cemetery trust information on your behalf.

The Information Sheet below offers some considerations for cemetery trusts in this instance.

(Dean can you please insert download links to Information Sheet document and display the following text) See the Class B Cemetery Trust Third Party Provider Info Sheet.docx and Class B Cemetery Trust Third Party Provider Info Sheet.pdf.

Contact OVIC

Please call 1300 006 842 (1300 00 OVIC) or email security@ovic.vic.gov.au

Department of Health Cemetery Sector Governance Support

Visit the Department of Health Cemetery Sector Governance Support page.