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The OAIC will be closed for the annual shutdown from 25 December 2025 with operations resuming on 2 January 2026.
Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk joined the Law Council of Australia’s Business Law Section on 5 April 2023 for a seminar on key privacy developments
Published 20 April 2023
This is the contact page for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
Published 23 October 2025
The executives who run the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Published 19 September 2023
Guidance on how to handle your personal information and promote awareness of your privacy rights.
Published 10 March 2023
In Australia, the Privacy Act 1988 deals with your information privacy rights and how organisations and agencies must handle your personal information.
We are an independent agency in the Attorney-General's portfolio. Our primary functions are privacy, freedom of information and government information policy
Our consultations and submissions, networks and event, research and training materials, as well as a selection of speeches from previous OAIC office holders
Published 23 August 2023
Eligible Australian Facebook users impacted by the Cambridge Analytica matter have until 31 December 2025 to register under a payment program established in a landmark settlement with Australia’s Information Commissioner
Published 12 December 2025
Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner joined the Law Council of Australia’s Business Law Section for a seminar on key privacy developments in 2020.
Published 26 November 2020
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published a statement regarding the Amercian Express investigation.
Published 17 October 2025
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Published 9 December 2025
The OAIC publishes a range of data and statistical information including Freedom of Information and Privacy
Information access and privacy regulators from across Australia have issued a joint statement to mark National Sorry Day (26 May).
Published 26 May 2022
The FOI Act gives you the right to request access to government-held information. This includes information they hold about you or about government policies and decisions.
Published 31 October 2024
If the Privacy Act covers your organisation or agency, you must notify affected persons & us if a data breach of personal information may result in serious harm
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