JUDGMENTS
VCAT absolves university of privacy infringement.
On 28 April 2020, the Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal ruled that a university had not infringed the Privacy
and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) when it collected images
with sexual content from an employee's computer, resulting in a
disciplinary process leading to the employee's dismissal:
Kerig v Victoria University [2020] VCAT 469. The images
were discovered by the university during an investigation into
technical issues with the computer. The complainant alleged
breaches by the university of Information Privacy Principles 1
(Collection), 2 (Use and Disclosure), 3 (Data Quality), 4 (Data
Security), 5 (Openness) and 10 (Sensitive Information). The
Tribunal considered that the collection of the images by the
university was necessary in order to ensure that the operator was
complying with university policies. The complainant was aware of
the university's policies in relation to personal use
