(1) In this Act,
"personal information" means information or an opinion (including information
or an opinion forming part of a database and whether or not recorded in a
material form) about an individual whose identity is apparent or can
reasonably be ascertained from the information or opinion.
(2)
Personal information includes such things as an individual's fingerprints,
retina prints, body samples or genetic characteristics.
(c) information about an individual that is contained in a document kept in a
library, art gallery or museum for the purposes of reference, study or
exhibition,
(d) information about an individual that is contained in a
State record under the control of the State Records Authority that is
available for public inspection in accordance with the State Records Act 1998
,
(e) information about an individual that is contained in archives within
the meaning of the Copyright Act 1968 of the Commonwealth,
(f) information
about a witness who is included in a witness protection program under the
Witness Protection Act 1995 or who is subject to other witness protection
arrangements made under an Act,
(h) information about an individual that is contained in
a public interest disclosure within the meaning of the Public Interest
Disclosures Act 2022 , or that has been collected while dealing with a
voluntary public interest disclosure in accordance with that Act, Part 5,
Division 2,
(m) information or an
opinion about an individual's suitability for appointment or employment as a
public sector official,
(n) information about an individual that forms part
of an employee record (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988 of the
Commonwealth) about the individual held by a private sector person,
(o)
information about an individual that is of a class, or is contained in a
document of a class, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
subsection.