Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Part of the Attorney-General portfolio and a Federal authority, also called OAIC

The OAIC is the independent national regulator for privacy and freedom of information. They promote and uphold your rights to access government-held information and have your personal information protected.

⚠️ Don’t use this page to request an external (Information Commissioner) review. These should be made directly to the OAIC.

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Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   Thank you for your email of 26 November 2018.   With reference to your query, I have completed a search of the OAIC’s records a...
Hiding the names of APS employees terminated for gross misconduct - why the difference in standards?
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   Please find attached the decision and documents in relation to your FOI request, FOIREQ18/00156.   Regards   [1]cid:image001...
Request for Information - Requirements for exercises of delegation under FOI Act
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Kieran (Account suspended). Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Hi Everyone, Ben here, one of the volunteers that look after the site. Just a reminder that the purpose of annotations are to help people with reques...
Digital Information Systems Used for Accounting and Corporate Records Management
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Marcus (Account suspended) on .
Thank you for your response to my administrative access request (AAR). As I explicitly made my request as an AAR, I believe para 1.46 of the Infor...
Documents relating to notification of privacy breach by Commonwealth Bank (CBA) to OAIC and OAIC’s advice to CBA that it did not intend to inquire further about breach
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .
I acknowledge your decision of today, which made slight reduction of the a few of the previous many redactions. As stated in the scope of this FOI...
Analysis underlying the Commissioner's 'Concluding statement — Centrelink release of personal information'
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ned Caractacus. Annotated by Julie on .
Dear Ned, As this FOI had documents excluded in the FOI decision, it should be marked “Partially Successful” rather than “Successful”. “Successful”...
Review and Update of ARPANSA Information Publication Scheme
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sun Shine on .
Dear FOI applicant   Thank you for your comments in relation to the Information Publication Scheme (IPS) survey. I have passed your comments on to t...
Improvement Notice Issued by CEO of ARPANSA
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sun Shine on .
Our reference: MR18/00435   Dear Anonymous Thank you for your response. This matter is now considered withdrawn under s 54R of the Freedom of Info...
Complaints regarding sharing of personal information with third parties on public WIFI service
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sam Duncan on .
Our reference: FOIREQ18/00032 Dear Mr Duncan Please find attached the decision of today’s date. Kind regards Shelley Napper | Review and Invest...
IC reviews
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Nil on .
Dear FOI applicant   I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act), received by th...
FOI Agency Reference Numbers for Documents in REQFOI17/00064
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
I’ve marked this partial for two reasons: 1) Firstly, this information should have been provided a month ago with the original FOI decision, but was u...
Precise salaries paid to the OAIC’s SES officers for FY14/15, FY15/16 and FY16/17
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Name withheld on .
Dear Anonymous The delegate’s FOI decision and the requested document are attached to this email. Regards Enquiries Officer Office of the Aust...
Follow up - Use of s 44 powers - Agencies
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   A decision on your FOI request is attached, as are the documents you requested.   Regards     Raewyn Harlock | Assistant...
Documents Where s 44 Privacy Act Powers Exercised
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .
On 1 June 2017, under FOIREQ17/00036, I made a valid FOI Request (administrative access sought in the first instance, but to be treated as an FOI Ap...
Privacy Act s 98 Information Commissioner Initiated Applications
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
I make this note only for a purpose to make something clear to other users of Right to Know. In the first email the applicant mentions "s 17 FOI reques...
Request for summary FOI information
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .
Thank you for your decision, the information provided is quite useful, and will be a beneficial aid to interpretation when the Australian National A...
Complaint Statistical Reports Produced in 2016
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   A decision and the documents you requested on 22 April 2017 are attached to this email.   Regards   Raewyn Harlock | Assist...
Information on all Privacy and IC review complaints currently open for 360 days or older
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Thank you for your email.   I am out of the office on Friday 19 May 2017 and will return on Monday 22 May 2017. I will respond to you then.  ...
Number of identity theft incidents in Australia 2016
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Frank on .
Dear Frank Thank you for your enquiry. The Office of the Information Commissioner (OAIC) has a voluntary scheme for data breach notification and a ma...
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Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .
Thank you for providing your response and some of the information sought. As case numbers are irrelevant, I have no objection to their exclusion,...
Records relating to consultations ABS had with OAIC regarding Census 2016
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
    Our Ref: FOIREQ16/00046   Dear Ms Pane,   Please find attached the documents relevant to the FOI decision issued by the OAIC on 24 Nov...
Abiltiy to request patient records from your vet
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Jacqueline on .
Dear Jacqueline Thank you for your enquiry. I apologise for the delay in our response. Generally speaking, the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the F...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ben Fairless on .
Thanks for the information. OAIC setting the Gold Standard as always for the release of information timely, and with minimal fuss. Yours sincerely...
OAIC documents held regarding FOI request to the AFP
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by CD on .
Thank you for finalising this FOI request in a timely manner. I appreciate the OAIC's decision to release the total schedule of documents. Yours s...
Correspondence related to Right to Know
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
I think that some of the comments from the ATO General Counsel (as a person can read in the documents from the Office of the Australian Information Com...

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