Our FOI disclosure log

“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 March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December 2021? 

B) Furthermore, would it be possible to get data on how many Notifiable data breach forms were submitted to the OAIC in total in the years 2019, 2020, and 2021, 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. 

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Full access provided to one document created under s 17

“Dear Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,

I seek copy of all s 86 Freedom of Information Act notice on completion documents (excluding duplicates) sent by the OAIC to any federal agency between 2020 and 2021 inclusive.

Any personal information within such documents is irrelevant, as are contact details, signatures, and the names of persons other than SES employees.”

38 documents identified. Full access provided to all documents with irrelevant material removed.

I note the Guardian newspaper recently reported, on 17 November 2021, on contraventions of the FOI Act engaged in by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet here: https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/17/prime-ministers-department-breached-foi-laws-over-release-of-brittany-higgins-documents

Under the FOI Act, I seek a copy of any document contained within the OAIC email accounts of Angelene Falk and/or Elizabeth Hampton that relates or refers to the above article.

Partial access

“…https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/17/prime-ministers-department-breached-foi-laws-over-release-of-brittany-higgins-documents

Noting the article refers to an investigation conducted by the OAIC into DPMC’s compliance with the FOI Act, under the FOI Act I seek a copy of any and all documents given to DPMC by the OAIC pursuant to s.86(2) of the FOI Act in relation to the investigation referred to in the article…”

Access in full provided to 5 documents. Access in part provided to 2 documents.

Documents 1-4 are attached.

Documents 5-7 are published on the OAIC disclosure log on 8 April 2021 in response to a previous FOI request, and can be accessed via https://oaic.gov.au/assets/about-us/access-our-information/foi-disclosure-log/foireq21-00019.pdf

“… a copy of the report of the OAIC investigation into compliance with statutory timeframes by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, notice on completion dated 5/10/21, summarised on the OAIC website: https://www.oaic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/11723/20211122-Outcomes-of-investigations-summary-table.pdf...”

Access provided in full.

“EoT applications to OAIC received from FOI agencies

For Dec Received Approved Refused Withdrawn

Dec 2021

Dec 2020

Dec 2019

Dec 2018

Dec 2017

Dec 2016

Dec 2015…”

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"Any advice that the OAIC provided that compared the privacy protections of the centralised model that COVIDSafe adopted with the privacy-preserving approach of the decentralised model of Google and Apple’s Exposure Notifications"

Full access provided to 7 documents in full with irrelevant material removed.

“I seek that the s 17 document produced in FOIREQ21/00158, be reproduced but with an additional two additional columns added to the existing FOIREQ21/00158 produced document, those two columns being:

* the date the s 70 complaint was received by the OAIC; and

* the date of the last RESOLVE entry for the s 70 complaint of that row”

Full access provided to one document created under s 17