Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00494:section:16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00494
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16
Character Range: 24113–24984

16  Records of student identifiers must be protected from misuse etc.
 (1) The Registrar must take reasonable steps to protect a record of student identifiers kept by the Registrar:
 (a) from misuse, interference and loss; and
 (b) from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
 (2) If any other entity keeps a record of student identifiers, the entity must take reasonable steps to protect the record:
 (a) from misuse, interference and loss; and
 (b) from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to an individual who keeps a record of the student identifier of the individual.
Note: A contravention of this section is taken to be an interference with the privacy of an individual for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988 (see section 23 of this Act).

Division 5—Collection, use or disclosure of student identifiers