The Australian Health Privacy Initiative
Check your website’s compliance status
You may have arrived here after receiving a courtesy notice regarding a potential patient privacy risk on your clinic’s website or you might be looking to proactively improve your patient privacy. This page allows you to run a quick, no-obligation check to see whether your existing website enquiry form meets basic privacy expectations under the Australian Privacy Act.
Run the compliance check
Enter your clinic website address in the box below.
100% free and secure website security check.
Why you’re seeing this
Across Australia, many health-sector websites unintentionally send patient enquiries in plain-text or store them in ways that don’t align with current privacy expectations under the Australian Privacy Act or the guidance of professional bodies such as AHPRA and relevant National Boards.
This is particularly common on websites built using platforms such as WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, and similar systems — often without the clinic being aware.
This check exists to help clinics confirm their current position and highlight any potential risks that may need addressing.
What this check does
By entering your website domain below, we’ll review how your enquiry form handles patient information, including:
- whether enquiry data is transmitted securely
- whether information may be stored or forwarded in plain-text
- whether common privacy risk indicators are present
You’ll receive a short, plain-English summary outlining:
- whether any privacy risks were detected
- what those risks mean in practical terms
- what options exist to address them
This is not a legal assessment and does not constitute formal advice.
What this check does NOT do
- it does NOT submit a complaint
- it does NOT notify any governing body
- it does NOT create any obligation to proceed further
- it does NOT require you to make changes to your website
What happens next
Once submitted, you’ll receive a brief summary of findings.
If no issues are identified, no further action is required.
If potential privacy risks are found, you’ll be shown clear, practical options for addressing them — including a free fix if you choose.
About this service
This compliance check is conducted as part of the Australian Health Privacy Initiative, a privacy-focused initiative aimed at improving how patient enquiry data is handled across Australian health sector websites.
The review is delivered in partnership with Excite Media and SafeSubmit, an Australian-built enquiry form tool focused on improving patient privacy. SafeSubmit adds a lightweight security layer to existing enquiry forms and works behind the scenes without requiring a website rebuild or platform change.
Our mission is simple:
To keep patient enquiries private and protect clinics from accidental privacy breaches.
This service draws on more than 20 years’ experience working with Australian health-sector websites.
Questions?
If you’d like more information about this check or how patient enquiry data is handled on websites, you can contact us here.