❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the Department of Education's policy guidelines on accessing confidential student information held on computers, server access, and read-only formats. The response outlines existing policies and staff responsibilities.
AnsweredQoN 952Legislative Council
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STUDENTS, ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
(1) Will the parliamentary secretary outline to the Parliament the Department of Education policy guidelines relating to access to confidential student information held on computers? (2) Will government schools have access to two servers to protect student information? (3) Will the information be accessible in a read-only format? Hon G.T. GIFFARD
(1) Will the parliamentary secretary outline to the Parliament the Department of Education policy guidelines relating to access to confidential student information held on computers? (2) Will government schools have access to two servers to protect student information? (3) Will the information be accessible in a read-only format? Hon G.T. GIFFARD
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The member referred to student information held on computers. That is not specifically referred to in the written question that has been provided, but I do not think it is of any great consequence. (1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
(2) Will government schools have access to two servers to protect student information? (3) Will the information be accessible in a read-only format? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The member referred to student information held on computers. That is not specifically referred to in the written question that has been provided, but I do not think it is of any great consequence. (1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
(3) Will the information be accessible in a read-only format? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The member referred to student information held on computers. That is not specifically referred to in the written question that has been provided, but I do not think it is of any great consequence. (1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The member referred to student information held on computers. That is not specifically referred to in the written question that has been provided, but I do not think it is of any great consequence. (1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The member referred to student information held on computers. That is not specifically referred to in the written question that has been provided, but I do not think it is of any great consequence. (1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
(1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
(3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
(2) Will government schools have access to two servers to protect student information? (3) Will the information be accessible in a read-only format? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The member referred to student information held on computers. That is not specifically referred to in the written question that has been provided, but I do not think it is of any great consequence. (1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
(3) Will the information be accessible in a read-only format? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The member referred to student information held on computers. That is not specifically referred to in the written question that has been provided, but I do not think it is of any great consequence. (1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The member referred to student information held on computers. That is not specifically referred to in the written question that has been provided, but I do not think it is of any great consequence. (1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The member referred to student information held on computers. That is not specifically referred to in the written question that has been provided, but I do not think it is of any great consequence. (1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
(1) All Department of Education staff are bound by the provisions of the Department of Education information privacy and security policy, the code of conduct for education department employees, and the public sector code of ethics. These documents contain policy procedures and guidelines that provide clear instructions to all staff about their dealings with confidential and private information. A key principle common to these documents is the need for staff to at all times maintain confidentiality of all personal and official information. Section 242 of the School Education Act provides considerable penalties for unauthorised use of departmental information. (2) The minister is unsure of the specific intent of the honourable member’s question; however, it is the responsibility of all Department of Education staff to maintain confidentiality of personal and corporate information, irrespective of the form and location in which that information is stored. (3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
(3) Only authorised staff have the authority to view, update or otherwise alter any information deemed to be a significant corporate record.
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