Audit of Recordkeeping in the Office of Police Integrity. The Office of Police Integrity (OPI) was established in November 2004 by the Victorian Government to ensure that the highest ethical and professional standards are maintained within the Victoria Police Force at all times. Its role is also to ensure that police corruption and serious misconduct is detected, investigated and prevented and, from January 2007, to ensure that members of the Force have regard for the human rights set out in the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities.
The Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner issued a compliance notice to the OPI under section 44 of the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic) arising from the investigation of circumstances surrounding a privacy breach. The outcomes of this investigation were published in an OVPC report 'Jenny's Case', February 2006. The Compliance Notice requires an independent audit to review initiatives and improve facilities and procedures to protect the personal information held by OPI from loss, unauthorised access and unauthorised disclosure, which in turn will inform the Privacy Commissioner about whether there is a need for further steps. In the course of the investigation, the records systems supporting the work of OPI were reviewed by Recordkeeping Innovation and recommendations made to support initial actions already underway to improve recordkeeping in OPI.
Recordkeeping Innovation has since been engaged by the OPI directly to act as an external advisor and commentator on a project to address the archiving and disposal arrangements of its electronic information, encompassing key business systems which exist outside the scope of its eDRMS system.
