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The information described in our disclosure log has been released by the OAIC under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and is available for public access.

We maintain at least two financial years of disclosure log entries on our website. Earlier disclosure log entries can be viewed on Trove.

If you’re looking for information that is not available on our disclosure log, you can email us at foi@oaic.gov.au or contact our enquiries line to ask for the document. 

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Total results: 148.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00051
Date of access
23 Mar 2020
FOI request

A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) Guidelines and the APPs that were in effect on 23 July 2018

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00051 Documents
Other information

Full access provided.

Published 30 March 2020. 

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00044
Date of access
23 Mar 2020
FOI request

Part of an FOI request which included corporate documents such as:

  • Employment and training of OAIC staff;
  • Comcover schedule of cover;
  • Fraud Control Plan
  • Process documents relating to complaints about OAIC staff
Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00044 Documents
Other information

Full access provided.

Published 31 March 2020.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00030
Date of access
02 Mar 2020
FOI request

All documentation that advises businesses to support FOI requests.

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00030 Documents
Other information

Full access provided.

Published 16 March 2020.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/00016
Date of access
17 Feb 2020
FOI request
  1. The working document/s or other showing the number of IC review applications on hand as stated by your officer [name] in her correspondence to me today 16/January 2020
  2. The working document/s or other showing the reasons why an application to your office may take up to 12 months to be reviewed as stated by [OAIC officer] in her correspondence to me today 16/January 2020.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/00016 Documents
Other information

Full access provided.

A document was created under section 17 of the FOI Act. 

Published 25 February 2020.

Reference number
FOIREQ20/000032
Date of access
06 Jan 2020
FOI request

“For the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, I request full copy of documents listed as numbers 2, 9, 17, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 46, 47, 49 & 50 in the Schedule of Documents to FOIREQ20/00213”

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ20/000032 Documents
Other information

Part Access Provided.

Published 8 January 2021.

Reference number
FOIREQ19/00252
Date of access
24 Dec 2019
FOI request

Any part of the briefing materials prepared for officers from the OAIC at Senate Estimates on 22 October 2019 that relate to Hotjar, Holding Redlich Lawyers and/or section 95B of the Privacy Act.

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ19/00252 Documents
Other information

Full access provided.

Published 24 December 2019.

Reference number
FOIREQ19/00225
Date of access
28 Nov 2019
FOI request

Notifiable Data Breach data from 2018 to present that shows the following information: received date, client type and source of breach.

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ19/00225 Documents
Other information

Full access provided.

Published 4 December 2019.

Reference number
FOIREQ19/00203
Date of access
19 Nov 2019
FOI request

Documents provided by Veda Advantage Information Services and Solutions Ltd to the Australian Privacy Commissioner in relation to the review required by the Australian Privacy Commissioner in ‘KB’ and Veda Advantage Information Services and Solutions Ltd [2016] AlCmr 81.

Information published in the disclosure log
FOIREQ19/00203 Documents
Other information

Partial access provided.

Published 19 November 2019.