Our Privacy Policy

1. The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) including the National Privacy Principles (NPPs);
2. Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 (Cth) including the My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth); and
3. Relevant State and Territory privacy laws including the Personal Information and Protection Act 2004 (Tas) (public sector only).

1. Personal information Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental may collect includes, but is not limited to:
   
   1. Your name, date of birth, sex;
   2. Your address, contact details;
   3. Your dental health record.
2. Please provide to us current and accurate information so that we can provide our services to you.

USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. Primary purpose: we use and disclose your personal information for purposes including
   
   1. Providing dental services for you;
   2. Other purposes which you have consented to.
2. Secondary Purposes: Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental may also use and disclose personal information for the following secondary purposes.
   
   1. Responding to issues addressed by you to Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental;
   2. Facilitating the conduct of business transactions and operations between the Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental and you;
   3. Internal accounting and administration;
   4. Regulatory reporting and compliance;
   5. Where required or authorised by law, to investigate and resolve complaints concerning the provision of services by the Dental Practice or others associated with the Dental Practice;
   6. Billing Medicare or your private health insurer;
   7. The communication of personal information to service providers with which Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental has co-operative arrangements;
   8. Providing a news subscription service to you;
   9. To provide you with updates and other information from time to time about the Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental’s goods, services and activities. You may notify the surgery at any time if you do not wish to receive this information.
3. Partners: We may engage third party suppliers to perform functions for us from time to time, for example information technology and telecommunications suppliers and dental prosthesis suppliers. Each of these suppliers has signed confidentiality arrangements with us. Any access to your information will occur in the performance of their contractual obligations to us and not for other usage.
4. Research: Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental will only collect personal information for research purposes with your consent. Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental staff involved in dental research are drawn to the requirements of Sections 95 (March 2000) and Section 95A (December 2001) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth) and the relevant NHMRC Guidelines.

DATA SECURITY

1. Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental takes all reasonable steps to protect all information held by the surgery (including your personal information) from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
2. We use technologies and processes such as access control procedures, network firewalls, encryption and physical security to protect your privacy.
3. Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental will retain your dental records and destroy or permanently de-identify as required by law.

1. This privacy policy sets out how we collect, use and disclose personal information.
2. This privacy policy is provided to patients of Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental and will be made available on request to the general public.

1. You may request access to the information held about you by Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental at any time.
2. Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental may deny access to information in certain circumstances as permitted by law.
3. Personal information provided by you can be updated by you if the information provided is incorrect or out of date.
4. If you want to gain access to or correct any of the personal information held by Forsyth Dental Pty Ltd t/a Tassie Smiles Dental about you, or if further information on how the surgery handles personal information is required, please contact the privacy officer below.