Our FOI disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ23/00015

Date of access

22 Feb 2023

Published on

8 March 2023

FOI request

Internal review of the following FOI request:

1. current version or the most recent previous version of policies, guidelines, directives, rules, codes of practice, work instructions and procedures governing the following:
   1. the enquiries made by the OAIC during the holiday and festive season seeking a response within 7 days from people who either made an FOI complaint or seek an IC review.
   2. the discretion to close those FOI complaints or IC reviews if a response to an enquiry is not received by the OAIC within 7 days.
   3. the conditions and circumstances in which those FOI complaints or IC reviews can be reopened if a response to an enquiry is not received by the OAIC within 7 days.
   4. the process of selection of measures implemented by the OAIC to ensure, as far as practicable, that its staff adhere to its Service Charter and the APS Code of Conduct.

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ23/00015 Documents

Other information

Released in full (with irrelevant matter deleted under s 22 of the FOI Act)

Reference number

FOIREQ23/00001

Date of access

02 Feb 2023

Published on

14 February 2023

FOI request

Under the FOI act, I would like to request data on the notifiable data breach scheme – my request is in two parts A & B.

A) In March 2021, the OAIC provided data in response to an FOI, reference number FOIREQ21/00009, with data collected under the notifiable data breach scheme.

https://www.oaic.gov.au/assets/about-us/access-our-information/foi-disclosure-log/foireq21-00009.pdf

Under the FOI act, please could you share an updated table to include data from January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December 2022?

B) Furthermore, would it be possible to get data on how many Notifiable data breach forms were submitted to the OAIC in total in 2022 and a breakdown of the cause of these breaches, as per responses to part two in the form. Please supply this information by completing the table below.

Row 1: Year | Total number of data breach forms received | Malicious or criminal attack | System fault | Human error | Other | Currently unknown

Row 2: 2022 – Jan-Jun (inclusive)

Row 3: 2022 – July-Dec (inclusive)

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ23/00001 Documents

Other information

Full release

Reference number

FOIREQ22/00386

Date of access

31 Jan 2023

Published on

14 February 2023

FOI request

This is a request for the purpose of the FOI Act 1982.

On 7 November 2022 the FOI Commissioner gave evidence before the Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, stating in relation to IC reviews:

For 2018 there are 60 ongoing reviews; for 2019 there are 249; for 2020 there are 346; for 2021 there are 498; and for 2022 there are 889.

I seek access to the terms of each of the sixty 2018 FOI requests as originally articulated to the relevant Agency, or instead, where the terms were modified during the course of the original FOI stage, the modified terms of the FOI request.

I accept, and prefer, that the processing of this request involves a ‘cut and paste’ of information onto a single new document containing sixty request terms - as permitted under s17 of the FOI Act.

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ22/00386 Documents

Other information

Partial release

Exemptions applied under sections 47F and 47G(1)(a)

Date of publication

14 February 2023

Reference number

FOIREQ22/00438

Date of access

23 Jan 2023

Published on

25 Jan 2023

FOI request

Please provide me with a copy of the information that fall within the scope outlined in the attached schedule.

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1. current version or the most recent previous version of policies, guidelines, directives, rules, codes of practice, work instructions and procedures governing the following:

a) the enquiries made by the OAIC during the holiday and festive season seeking a response within 7 days from people who either made an FOI complaint or seek an IC review.

b) the discretion to close those FOI complaints or IC reviews if a response to an enquiry is not received by the OAIC within 7 days.

c) the conditions and circumstances in which those FOI complaints or IC reviews can be reopened if a response to an enquiry is not received by the OAIC within 7 days.

d) the process of selection of measures implemented by the OAIC to ensure, as far as practicable, that its staff adhere to its Service Charter and the APS Code of Conduct.

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ22/00438 Documents

Other information

Full release

Date of publication

25 January 2023

Reference number

FOIREQ22/00371

Date of access

04 Jan 2023

Published on

16 Jan 2023

FOI request

A recent foi released documents referring to numerous seconded external law firm employees working embedded in the OAIC. These are law firms also working as representatives for agencies and organisations that are respondents in matters before the OAIC.

I request copy of any document that refers to how such conflicts of interest are managed.

I also request copy of a document listing cost of expenditure of external legal services (including the cost of seconding of external lawyers) for the financial years 2012-2022, by financial year.

I also request a list of external legal firms who have had seconded their employees to the OAIC, by number of employees seconded, in FY2021-2022 and FY2020-2021.

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ22/00371 Documents

Other information

1 document released in part

Exemptions
S 47F

Date of publication

16 January 2023

Reference number

FOIREQ22/00422

Date of access

03 Jan 2023

Published on

16 Jan 2023

FOI request

I want copy of the documents released in FOIREQ22/00317 updated as at 1 November, but with the first name field for all staff unreacted and the first initial of the second name unredacted.

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ22/00422 Documents

Other information

1 document released in part

Exemptions
S 47E(c)
S 47F

Date of publication

16 January 2023

Reference number

FOIREQ22/00420

Date of access

03 Jan 2023

Published on

16 Jan 2023

FOI request

I seek copy of all Freedom of Information Act complaints received by the OAIC in October 2022.

Personal information of private individuals (excluding Commonwealth public servants and contractors) is irrelevant.

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ22/00420 Documents

Other information

7 documents released in full

9 documents released in part

Exemptions
S 47E(d)

Date of publication

16 January 2023

Reference number

FOIREQ22/00356

Date of access

23 Dec 2022

Published on

03 Jan 2023

FOI request

The scope of the FOI request was:

“This is a seperate FOI for copy of the 10 emails and attachments used as a scoping bundle in FOIREQ22/00253 described as being a total of 290 pages.

Personal details of third party private individuals and private businesses are out of scope.

For any practical refusal consultation I do not vary or withdraw my foi.”

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ22/00356 Documents

Other information

4 documents released in full

6 documents released in part

Exemptions
s 22
s 42
s 47C
s 47E(d)
s 47F

Date of publication

3 January 2023

Reference number

FOIREQ22/00375

Date of access

22 Dec 2022

Published on

23 Dec 2022

FOI request

The scope of the FOI request was:

“I am requesting a copy of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's estimates briefing pack, including back pocket briefs for the 2022 October and November Budget Estimates.

I note FOI decision FOI21/046 which saw the Attorney-General’s Department release of similar documentation held by the Attorney-General’s Department in 2021.”

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ22/00375 Documents

Other information

Released in part

Exemptions

s 37(1)(a)
s 47E(d)

Date of publication

23 December 2022

Reference number

FOIREQ22/00354

Date of access

29 Nov 2022

Published on

09 Dec 2022

FOI request

The scope of the FOI request was:

“I seek copy of all Freedom of Information Act complaints received by the OAIC in September 2022.

Personal information of private individuals (excluding Commonwealth public servants and contractors) is irrelevant.

In the event of a practical refusal consultation I do not agree to vary or withdraw my foi.”

Information published in the disclosure log

FOIREQ22/00354 Documents

Other information

Released in part

Exemptions

s 22
s 47E(d

Date of publication

9 December 2022