MSAC Consultation Survey - Application 1822 - Privacy and Consent - Office of Health Technology

Privacy and Consent

Privacy information

Your personal information is protected by law, including the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). Personal information is information or an opinion about an identified, or reasonably identifiable, individual. The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (the department) is collecting personal information from you via Citizen Space. We will collect this information at the time that you submit your survey. This survey is for the purpose of consulting on an MSAC application submitted to the department.

To protect privacy, please do not include personal information about another individual, such as a family member or medical practitioner (third party), in your input. If you need to include information about another individual in your survey response, you will need to inform that individual of the contents of this notice and obtain their consent to the department collecting their personal information.

Certain questions—like your name and email address—are mandatory. This is so that we can contact you if we have any questions relating to your feedback. If you do not provide the required information, you will not be able to submit the survey.

How we will use your input

The department routinely shares consultation input with MSAC and its subcommittees and with the MSAC applicant. The department shares:

Consultation input from groups/organisations in full, after redacting any personal information of third parties (if applicable). We are unlikely to disclose personal information to any overseas recipients but note that some applicants will have overseas affiliates.

Consultation input from individuals:

with MSAC and its subcommittees in full, after redacting any personal information of third parties (if applicable). That is, your personal details will not be redacted.
with the applicant in de-identified summary form. This summary is prepared by the department and shared with both the applicant and with MSAC and its subcommittees. We will not disclose your personal information to any overseas recipients.

The department may use artificial intelligence (AI) to assist with creating summaries and identifying third party information in consultation input. Whenever this happens, your personal information remains secure. From time to time, the department may also outsource the summation of consultation input to a third-party. If this occurs, we will share your input with the third-party in the same form that it is shared with MSAC. These third parties are subject to confidentiality obligations.

From time to time, the department may also share your consultation input with:

Other Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Committees. If another HTA committee, such as the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), is reviewing the application, the department may share MSAC consultation input with that committee or its subcommittees. The department shares the input in the same format as provided to MSAC and its subcommittees.

Health Technology Assessment Groups, to inform their reports to MSAC. The department contracts HTA Groups to prepare documents that help MSAC with its appraisal. If HTA Groups receive copies of consultation input, it is in the same format as provided to MSAC and its subcommittees.

Representatives from state and territory governments, where the application is for a service to be delivered through public hospitals. If the department shares consultation input with state and territory representatives, it is in the same format as provided to the applicant.

Committee members, HTA Groups and state and territory representatives are all subject to confidentiality obligations.

Publication of Summary

The department may publish a summary of consultation input on the MSAC website as part of the PICO Confirmation and/or Public Summary Document for the application. The summaries in these documents contain no personal information about individuals or third parties. The summaries may include the names of organisations who give input and may attribute views/comments to these organisations. Organisations should not include information or opinions in their input that they would not wish to see in the public domain.

Video or audio recordings

If you intend to upload a video or audio recording with your survey form, please review the Privacy Notice for MSAC consultation input to learn how the department may use and share your recording. Please ensure you are comfortable with this before uploading a recording.

Department's Privacy Policy

The department's privacy policy contains information about:

how you can contact the department if you want to access or correct personal information that the department holds about you.
how you can complain about a breach of the APPs or of a registered APP code that binds the department.
how the department will deal with your complaint.

How to obtain a copy of the department's privacy policy How to obtain a copy of the department's privacy policy

You can get a copy of the department's privacy policy by:

contacting the department on telephone (02) 6289 1555 or free call 1800 020 103.
sending an email to enquiries@health.gov.au
downloading it from the department’s website.

If you wish to contact the department about a privacy related matter, including questions about this notice, please contact the department's Privacy Officer.

Privacy Officer contact information Privacy Officer contact information

The department's Privacy Officer can be contacted by

Mail: Privacy Officer, Department of Health and Aged Care, 23 Furzer Street, WODEN ACT 2606

Email: privacy@health.gov.au

Consent

(Required) I have read the above text on how the department will handle personal information included in my response to this MSAC consultation survey. I consent to the department collecting, using, and disclosing my personal information, including any sensitive information, as described above. (Required)

I am uploading a video or audio recording. I have read and understand the Privacy Notice for MSAC consultation input and consent to the department collecting, using and disclosing the recording as described in the Notice.

By submitting a response to this survey, I acknowledge that:

I understand that copyright in the content of my survey response will vest in the Commonwealth of Australia.
Where relevant, I have obtained the consent of any individuals whose personal information is included in my survey response, to the department collecting this information for the purposes outlined in this notice.
I understand that the Department has complete discretion as to whether my response to this survey is included, in full or in part, in any published summaries (with personal information removed).