Background Information

Section 33 of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (PPIPA) requires Council to have a Privacy Management Plan.

Purpose of the Plan

The purpose of a Privacy Management Plan is to:

  • ensure that the agency has identified how the requirements of the PPIP Act and the HRIP Act apply to the personal and health information that it manages
  • explain the agency’s functions and activities and the main types of personal or health information that the agency deals with to carry out those functions and activities
  • explain the agency’s strategies to comply with the PPIP Act and HRIP Act
  • provide staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to manage personal and health information appropriately
  • ensure that members of the public understand:
    • how to make a complaint or request an internal review if they consider that their privacy may have been breached
    • how to request access to their personal or health information or an amendment of that information to ensure that it is accurate
    • encourage the agency to be transparent and accountable in how it manages personal and health information.

Viewing the Plan

The Draft Privacy Management Plan and associated documentation may be viewed:

  1. Document Library on this page
  2. Council’s Customer Service Counter, Civic Centre, 68 Elizabeth Street, Moss Vale NSW 2577, between 8.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday
  3. Councils Libraries

Exhibition Period

The Draft Privacy Management Plan was on public exhibition for a period of 42 days. It opened from Thursday 13 December 2024 and closed on Thursday 23 January 2025.

Providing Feedback

  1. Submission Form (below)
  2. Emailed to mail@wsc.nsw.gov.au with the email subject title Draft Privacy Management Plan
  3. Hand delivered to Council's Civic Centre at 68 Elizabeth Street, Moss Vale NSW 2577
  4. Posted to Wingecarribee Shire Council, PO Box 141, Moss Vale NSW 2577

Only written submissions were considered and these were received by Council before Thursday 23 January 2025. Please note that any submissions received may be included in the final report to Council.

Your feedback is a way for you to share your thoughts and ideas on a particular issue or project. The goal is to make sure your voice and the community’s voices are heard and considered. It helps provide valuable insights, identify potential issues and suggest improvements. This way, decisions can be more inclusive, transparent and effective, reflecting what you and the community really needs and wants.

Responses to engagement projects are compiled and considered. When projects are reported to Council to make a decision a summary of community feedback will be included. Updates on projects will be included in these pages and elsewhere on Council's website.

Sometimes it takes some months to provide feedback to the community and to make a decision as further investigation is often needed. We are listening and we do take your suggestions on board!

Next Steps

Submissions received are currently being reviewed and a final report will be developed for adoption by Council. For updates please follow and subscribe to this page.