{"id":42776,"date":"2019-01-05T03:01:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T17:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=42776"},"modified":"2019-01-07T21:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T11:39:41","slug":"opt-in-versus-opt-out-australian-government-service-primer-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/opt-in-versus-opt-out-australian-government-service-primer-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Opt-in Versus Opt-out Australian Government Service Primer Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/opt_in.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"Opt-in Versus Opt-out Australian Government Service Primer Tutorial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/opt-in.jpg\" title=\"Opt-in Versus Opt-out Australian Government Service Primer Tutorial\"  style=\"float:left;\"   \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opt-in Versus Opt-out Australian Government Service Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here, in Australia, the public discourse has had quite a few issues involving opt-in versus opt-out public services recently.  Think about the &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My Health Record &#8230; which is opt-out as far as the public goes (ie. you get a health record unless you as the public make the effort to opt-out) &#8230; and just this week &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>New South Wales Vehicle Registration notifications are opt-in (ie. membership of the <a target=_blank title='Service NSW' href='https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/'>Service NSW<\/a> system is optional and with this arrangement, or joining up, the default setting for notifications is that none are sent out)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> &#8230; the latter of which has indirectly caused some consternation this holiday period with people getting booked for lapsed vehicle registrations and third-party insurance.<\/p>\n<p>We decided on that latter issue to resurrect the notifications again, which we got the heads up regarding the practicalities of this, thanks, from this useful <a target=_blank title='Useful webpage, thanks' href='https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/nsw\/drivers-demand-reminders-for-car-rego-as-nsw-rakes-in-240m-in-fines-20181228-p50ojy.html'>Sydney Morning Herald webpage<\/a>.  In broad brush terms &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you, the registered owner of the NSW (Australia) vehicle involved, registered with <a target=_blank title='Service NSW' href='https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/'>Service NSW<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>No: click Register (or Sign Up) link to sign up, where your email address is the uniquely one-to-one username associated with your <a target=_blank title='Service NSW' href='https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/'>Service NSW<\/a> account (and crucially, wherever it offers Notifications check that checkbox as you create that account) &#8230; then join in with the &#8220;Yes&#8221; people with &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Sign in to <a target=_blank title='Service NSW' href='https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/'>Service NSW<\/a> account, and as necessary, update your Profile with Name and Street Address (and crucially, wherever it offers Notifications check that checkbox) and optional Mobile Phone and Backup Email, details<\/li>\n<li>Click\/touch Browse Services menu link up the top and select the Transport link off that<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;Customer and vehicle details&#8221; button and that links you and your vehicle registration details to your email (and notifications, that way) via your <a target=_blank title='Service NSW' href='https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/'>Service NSW<\/a> account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to share with you some of our experience with today&#8217;s <a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/opt_in.pdf\" title=\"Click picture\">PDF slideshow<\/a> presentation of us needing to Register a new account with <a target=_blank title='Service NSW' href='https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/'>Service NSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Did you know?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>It was this same registration of a <a target=_blank title='Service NSW' href='https:\/\/service.nsw.gov.au\/'>Service NSW<\/a> account that gained us access to the <a target=_blank title='Green Slip refund' href='https:\/\/service.nsw.gov.au\/greensliprefund'>Green Slip refund<\/a> offered by the NSW Government in the second half of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>If this was interesting you may be interested in <a title='Click here to see topics in which you might be interested' href='#d42776' onclick='var dv=document.getElementById(\"d42776\"); dv.innerHTML = \"&lt;iframe width=670 height=600 src=\" + \"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/tag\/registration\" + \"&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"; dv.style.display = \"block\";'>this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<div id='d42776' style='display: none; border-left: 2px solid green; border-top: 2px solid green;'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here, in Australia, the public discourse has had quite a few issues involving opt-in versus opt-out public services recently. 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