Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) will be held from 4-10 May 2026. PAW is an annual initiative that promotes awareness of privacy rights and responsibilities and the importance of protecting personal information.
This year’s theme, Trust is built here – In every privacy complaint. In every resolution, highlights the critical role complaint handling plays in demonstrating accountability, fairness and accountability.
Building on the 2025 theme, Privacy: it’s everyone’s business, the 2026 campaign shifts the focus from shared responsibility to how privacy obligations are put into practice – particularly when organisations and government agencies handle privacy complaints and disputes.
Effective dispute resolution supports timely outcomes, strengthens governance and builds public confidence. Poor complaint handling can erode trust and increase regulatory risk.
Through this campaign, privacy practitioners, complaint handlers and leaders are encouraged to uplift dispute resolution practices by reinforcing key obligations, improving communication and decision-making and using complaints as an insight to strengthen systems and processes.
PAW is delivered nationally by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in conjunction with state and territory privacy regulators and the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Forum. This reflects a coordinated effort to strengthen privacy capability and awareness across Australia and the region.
