Our FOI disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00398

Date of access

9 September 2024

Published on

11 September 2024

FOI request

1. Copies of information showing how many recommendations lynch made under s54W(b) of the Act since her employment with oaic till 9/8/24.
2. Of the matters in (3) above, how many recommendations were accepted by AIC/delegate.
3. Of the matters in (3) above, how many recommendation were rejected by AIC/delegate.

Other information

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00399

Date of access

9 September 2024

Published on

10 September 2024

FOI request

I request under the FOI Act a list of all the respondents to the last survey sent to Commonwealth agencies on how OAIC may serve them better.

A list of respondents to the survey in a table form, with two columns seeking the following information:

• the position title of the survey respondents, and
• the agency names of the survey respondents.

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Exemptions applicable: s22

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00397

Date of access

9 September 2024

Published on

10 September 2024

FOI request

I request access to the following documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982:

1. Operating procedures or similar documents that govern how an IC Review is conducted, including template documents and template emails.
2. Operating procedures or similar documents that govern how an FOI Complaint is conducted, including template documents and template emails.

All documents should be the most up-to-date versions, without any editing markup.
Exclusions:

1. Duplicate documents
2. FOI Guidelines and other documents published on the OAIC's website (except those on the OAIC's disclosure log)
3. The FOI Act and IC Reviews
4. Emails (except email templates)
5. Documents tracking IC Reviews or FOI Complaints.

For clarity, the following is provided as guidance only on the scope and intentions of my request:
I am seeking documents similar to those released in the following FOI requests:

• FOIREQ23/00196 (excluding Document 4 as it is irrelevant to IC Reviews or FOI Complaints)
• FOIREQ2300156, including:
• The latest version of all documents relevant to IC Reviews and FOI Complaints o All relevant documents listed under the 'Sample letters/guidance' column in Document 57 "IC review process"

• FOIREQ23/00111 (latest versions)
• FOIREQ24/00330, including:
• The template email "Recent charges decision and invitation to make a revised decision"
• The template Attachment to document 1 – Letter about charges

Other information

Exemptions applicable: s22 and s47E(d)

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00377

Date of access

26 August 2024

Published on

30 August 2024

FOI request

All templates that are used in processing FOI/Privacy/admin access requests including but not limited to:

• ALL Decision Letter Templates used
• Refusal template
• Acknowledgement Letter Template
• Internal Line area request for documentation
• Email Search template
• statement of reasons template
• Deemed decision template
• Consult with other agencies template
• Contact request template
• Matter closed / withdrawn / finalised templates

Other information

Redactions made under ss 47E and 47F

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00354

Date of access

6 August 2024

Published on

13 August 2024

FOI request

...dates (in the 2024 calendar year) on which the department of industry received requests (from your office) for information to progress IC reviews, and the dates on which the department of industry responded to the same requests with the relevant information. If you would like to make a report, please simply list each request date and response date per line (and where there was no response yet, please state so), for example:

Request, Response
1/1/2024, 2/2/2024
2/3/2024, no response yet
1/4/2024, 8/6/2024
I require no personal or other information - just the dates will do.

Note: Whilst this document sets out the dates in which DISR provided responses to requests for information from the OAIC in the 2024 calendar year, there may be instances where responses are still undergoing consideration by the OAIC as to whether all the relevant information (or the necessary information to progress the IC review) has been provided.

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Release in full

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00361

Date of access

5 August 2024

Published on

7 August 2024

FOI request

Information about the total number of data breaches reported to the OAIC between 1 January 2024 and 11 July 2024, as reported by Federal Government agencies, under the following schemes:

• under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth);
• under the My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth);
• under the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016 (Cth); and
• made voluntarily

not excluding the names of OAIC staff members.

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00352

Date of access

5 August 2024

Published on

7 August 2024

FOI request

I am seeking data breach reports made under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme. The same document as released in FOIREQ24/00132.

Other information

Redactions made under sections 22 and 47E(d)

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00330

Date of access

5 August 2024

Published on

6 August 2024

FOI request

1. any documents, inclusive of correspondence, sent by the OAIC to:
   1. Department of Home Affairs
   2. Department of Health and Aged Care
   3. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
   4. Civil Aviation Safety Authority
   5. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
   6. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
   7. Department of Education
   8. Department of Industry, Science and Resources
   9. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission; and
   10. Federal Court of Australia;
   11. discouraging the imposition of charges for FOI requests since 29 July 2022
2. any documents, inclusive of correspondence, to the Attorney-General’s Department relating to amending the FOI Act to remove the ability to impose charges for FOI requests, since 29 July 2022.

Excluding the personal information of individual Information Commissioners (IC) review applicants; and the personal information of private individuals or businesses which sought a review of the agency’s decisions.

Other information

Redactions made under section 22 and section 47E(d)

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00347

Date of access

2 August 2024

Published on

5 August 2024

FOI request

A table of all reviews initiated from the commence of the OAIC's office in 2011 to the present date where:

• There had been a change of minister and the OAIC believed the documents were no longer in the possession of the new minister (ie the issue in question in the Patrick litigation)

The OAIC issued a notice of intention to decline the application and the applicant agreed to withdraw the request, or where the OAIC issued a notice of intention to decline the application and proceeded to decline the application. Please produce the table with the following fields:

• OAIC reference number
• Date of request
• Date of closure of request
• Text of FOI request (excluding all personal information)
• Request withdrawn/request declined.

Note: all personal and business information was subsequently excluded from the scope of the request.

Other information

Release in part s 22

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00343

Date of access

29 July 2024

Published on

31 July 2024

FOI request

Copy of any document relating to the reason or basis of making the 9 February 2021 changes to paragraph 10.88 of Part 10 OAIC FOI Guidelines to expand the Commissioner’s interpretation of s 54W(b) to include where the applicant has active matters in other forums where the Information Commissioner is the respondent

Other information

Release in part s 22

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