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Short guides

You can view and download all of our short guides by following the links below.

Tips to reduce data breaches when sending emails

Protecting privacy while sharing information under the new Part 6B of the Health Services Act 1988: Guidance for practitioners

Collaboration tools and privacy

Workplace Privacy

Privacy and coronavirus (COVID-19)

How to respect privacy and protect public sector information when working remotely – tips for VPS employees

Getting executive buy-in for privacy impact assessments

Social Media and privacy FAQs

Drafting a privacy policy

Collection notices

Model Terms for Transborder Data Flows

De-identification and privacy – Considerations for the Victorian public sector

Notifiable data breaches scheme

Guidance for the VPS on the GDPR

Removal of ‘imminent’ from the IPPs and HPPs

Local councils and privacy FAQs

‘Unique identifier’ under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014

Short guide to the IPPs

Privacy by Design

Family violence information sharing scheme and privacy law FAQs

Child information sharing scheme and privacy law FAQs

Biometrics and privacy

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