FFN v Cumberland City Council [2023] NSWCATAD 108

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: FFN v Cumberland City Council [2023] NSWCATAD 108 Hearing dates: 9 & 10 February 2022; 10 May 2022; 26 October 2022; 2 March 2023 Date of orders: 09 May 2023 Decision date: 09 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: H J Dixon SC, Senior Member Decision: Pursuant to section 55(2) of the Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998 the Tribunal takes no action on the matter. Catchwords: Privacy – information protection principles – information not recorded or held in agency's records – information in heads of agency staff – whether information collected – whether information held Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997; Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998; Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009; Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Cases Cited: CNP v Commission for Fair Trading [2017] NSWCATAD 70; Department of Education and Training v GA (No 3) 2004 NSWADTAP 50; Department of Education and Training v ZR (No 2) [2009] NSWADTAP 44; FFP v Cumberland City Council [2022] NSWCATAD 194; GA & Ors v Department of Education and Training and NSW Police [2004] NSWADTAP 18; HealthShare NSW v CJU [2022] NSWCATAP 316; MG v Department of Education and Training [2004] NSWADT 137; OD v Department of Education and Training (GD) [2005] NSWADTAP 74; Vice-Chancellor Macquarie University v FM [2005] NSWCA 192 Texts Cited: None Category: Principal judgment Parties: FFN (Applicant) Cumberland City Council (Respondent) Representation: Self-represented (Applicant) Mr C McFadzean, General Counsel, Cumberland City Council (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/00185000 Publication restriction: The disclosure or publication or broadcast of the name of the Applicant or the names of any of the children referred to in the materials before the Tribunal is prohibited pursuant to section 64(1)(4) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013.