Right of access to and amendment of, personal information under IPPs 6 & 7 of the Information Privacy Standard is limited to existing rights under the Freedom of Information Act 1992.

As a general principle, subject to the exemption provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1992, a person is given access to personal information concerning the person’s own personal affairs, but not information concerning the personal affairs of another person. However, there are exceptions to the general principle.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1992 information is classified as exempt matter if “its disclosure would disclose information concerning the personal affairs of a person whether living or dead, unless its disclosure would, on balance, be in the public interest.” It is in the public interest that a person has access to information held by government about him or her, so, in most cases, access will be granted. However, every case must be assessed on its merits by the person delegated by the Director-General to perform this function.

Requests for access to or amendment of records containing personal information must be made in writing to the Department, as required by the Freedom of Information Act 1992, and set out the details of the information to which access is requested. There is no application fee for access to personal information.

Applications should be forwarded to:

Senior Freedom of Information Officer
Department of Infrastructure and Planning
PO Box 15009
CITY EAST QLD 4002