The Victorian Information Privacy Act 2000 is designed to:
(a) to establish a regime for the responsible collection and handling of personal information in the Victorian public sector;
(b) to provide individuals with rights of access to information about them held by organisations, including information held by contracted service providers;
(c) to provide individuals with the right to require an organisation to correct information about them held by the organisation, including information held by contracted service providers;
(d) to provide remedies for interferences with the information privacy of an individual;
(e) to provide for the appointment of a Privacy Commissioner.