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Reference number
FOIREQ20/00215
Date of access
23 November 2020
FOI request

A copy of the 'B' folder containing background material for the Commissioner's Senate Estimates appearance on Thursday 22 October 2020.

For clarity, I limit the scope of my request to material related to the Commissioner's FOI functions only.

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00215 Documents (PDF, 23 MB)
Other information

Access provided in part.

Published 1 December 2020.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00187
Date of access
6 November 2020
FOI request

Documents included in the Briefing book or pack used by the Information Commissioner on Tuesday 3 2020 (when she appeared before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for the 2019-20 Additional Budget Estimates):

*Corporate Folder - Documents 1-6, 9, & 12

*Privacy Folder - Documents 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10, 12, 17-19, 21, 25

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00187 Documents (PDF, 13 MB)
Other information

Partial access provided. 

Published 10 November 2020.

 

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00184
Date of access
2 November 2020
FOI request

Application is made under the Freedom of Information Act for information that is the identity of the OAIC case officer who conducted the investigation into ‘VJ’, ‘VK’, ‘VL’ and ‘VM’ (Privacy) [2020] AICMR 45 (2 September 2020) and documents that the case officer created that refer to the applicants not receiving access to their information for a reasonable period after the access request, whether that is for a year, or almost a year, or over a year.

No third party information or identifying information of the applicants or personal information of any person who is not an OAIC case officer is in scope.

Recommendations to the Information Commissioner about what is a reasonable time to provide access are in scope.

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00184 Documents (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Other information

Full access provided.

Published 10 November 2020.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00176
Date of access
14 October 2020
FOI request

A document that contains the position titles of officers who were non-ongoing or receiving high duties at any time in the last month.

The job advertisement or expression of interest used to appoint officers in non-ongoing positions or on higher duties.

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00176 Documents (PDF, 13 MB)
Other information

Published 23 October 2020.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00146
Date of access
12 October 2020
FOI request

…documents held by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, between 25 March 2020 to present, regarding the following: 

  • Advice provided to the Department of Premier and Cabinet or the Prime Minister’s Office regarding the application of the FOI Act to the National Cabinet. 
  • Email correspondence with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet or the Prime Minister’s Office that relates to the above.

Documents (briefs and internal advice) which consider the application of the FOI Act to the National Cabinet in the possession of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00146 Documents (PDF, 8.4 MB)
Other information

Partial access provided.

Published 23 October 2020.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00172
Date of access
7 October 2020
FOI request

Application is made under the Freedom of Information Act for information or documents held about speaking with parties to privacy complaints via telephone.

Application is made under the Freedom of Information Act for Information or documents held about speaking with [a named individual] via telephone.

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00172 Documents (PDF, 19 MB)
Other information

Full access provided.

Published 9 October 2020.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00167
Date of access
6 October 2020
FOI request

I wish to obtain access to official information held by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. The official information sought is not available in discrete form, in the written documents of the agency, therefore I request the agency to produce a written document containing the information in discrete form by use of computer to retrieve and collate the stored official information sought.

I request access to such a compiled document that provides the following information in the layout requested:

Table One FY19/20 FY18/19

* FOI section 15AB Applications Received

* FOI section 15AB Applications Approved

   (any application not refused)

* FOI section 15AB Applications Refused

   (any application refused/rejected)

* FOI section 15AB Applications Withdrawn

   (any application withdrawn by agency)

Table Two (FY19/20 only)

Column One - List of all agencies, sorted by number of Section 15AB applications received from (descending order)

Column Two - Section 15AB Applications Received

Column Three - Section 15AB Applications Approved (any application not refused)

Column Four - Section 15AB Applications Refused (any application refused/rejected)

Column Five - Section 15AB Applications Withdrawn (any application withdrawn by agency)

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00167 Documents (PDF, 84 KB)
Other information

Full access provided

Secondary document link

Published 9 October 2020.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00155
Date of access
30 September 2020
FOI request

Documents (from 1 January 2020 - 31 July 2020) relating to the introduction and use of digital platforms and technologies for use by schools during the remote learning arrangements, and the privacy/ data safety considerations relevant to the adoption and use of these digital platforms. 

Document types: Departmental policies, official advice and final briefings 

Only documents primarily related to remote learning and digital technologies and children’s privacy / data security.

That is, where the discussion of remote learning, digital technologies and privacy/data security is addressed in more than 1-2 sentences of the whole document.

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00155 Documents (PDF, 281 KB)
Other information

Full access provided.

Published 9 October 2020.