As part of the OAIC’s active engagement on global privacy issues we presented two resolutions at the recent International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) in Albania. Both resolutions were adopted by consensus.More than 120 privacy and data protection authorities from around the world gathered in the Albanian ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has opened an investigation into the Department of Home Affairs’ compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 in processing requests for non-personal information.Australian Government agencies and ministers have a statutory obligation to process FOI requests within 30 days. There are provisions ...

Thank you for the opportunity to make some opening remarks. The Committee would be aware that the purpose of my office is to promote and uphold privacy and information access rights, and of course I’m appearing here today at a time when there is a great focus on the community’s ...

Increases in privacy complaints and freedom of information requests and reviews last year demonstrate the increasing value the community places on information, according to Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk.“The trends we are seeing reinforce the importance of our mission: to increase public trust and confidence in the ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has commenced a consultation process with industry and the public on draft Privacy Safeguard Guidelines for the coming Consumer Data Right (CDR).The Privacy Safeguard Guidelines aim to assist industry in understanding their obligations under the CDR framework, to ensure that consumers can ...

A comprehensive Guide to health privacy has been released by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to help keep patients’ personal information safe.Over the past three years, health service providers have consistently been one of the top three sources of privacy complaints to the OAIC. They have also ...

Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsman today released the findings of their first cross jurisdictional study of community attitudes to access to government information. Commissioners from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia and the Ombudsman from the ACT sponsored the research as part of Australia’s Open Government National ...

Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsmen from across Australia and New Zealand are urging government agencies to do more to make information available for the benefit of citizens.They’re making the call in the build up to International Right to Know Day on 28 September 2019.International Right to Know Day recognises citizens’ ...