Privacy and confidentiality
Privacy and confidentiality
The 45 and Up Study is bound by Commonwealth and State privacy legislation, including the Health Records and Information Privacy Act and the NSW Health Privacy Manual.
All information collected will be treated with absolute confidentiality and used for health research only.
No information will be released in a way that would enable an individual or household to be identified, except as is required by law. Information gathered will be stored, analysed and reported on with all individual identifying details removed to ensure total security, confidentially and anonymity.