1.3: Privacy and Records Guidance

A whole of Government privacy and records guidance will be developed.

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Privacy - Privacy protection is an important right to safeguard when using Web 2.0 technologies. The Department of Justice together with the Department of Premier and Cabinet will consult with the Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner to provide high level overarching guidance regarding the privacy issues raised by Government 2.0. Individual departments and agencies will devolve this guidance into their respective privacy policies procedures and privacy statements on websites. Records Management - The use of Web 2.0 technologies will also generate new types of electronic public records such as tweets, blogs and wikis which require specific technical standards for their management and keeping. The standards set by the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) for the efficient management of public records will apply to electronic records created as a result of Government 2.0 initiatives and activities engaged in by government departments and agencies. PROV will provide formal policy guidance to confirm that the existing standards apply to Government 2.0 initiatives, including policy guidance on the types of records that may need to be created, who is responsible for creating them, and when and how they should be created. This policy advice will be embedded in the PROV Record Capture standard and associated specifications.

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