Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

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

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has three sets of functions. They are: freedom of information functions, in particular, oversight of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and review of decisions made by agencies and ministers under that Act. - privacy functions, conferred by the Privacy Act 1988 and other laws - government information policy functions, conferred on the Australian Information Commissioner under theAustralian Information Commissioner Act 2010.

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Follow up - Use of s 44 powers - Agencies
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

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 .

Successful.

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...
Use of Privacy Act s44 and s45 powers
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Pane, I am writing to provide you with my decision on your Internal Review application for your FOI request relating to the Information Commis...
Documents relating to any satisfaction surveys
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Refused.

Thank you for the background information. I am satisfied with the response here that no documents exist as the OAIC (in its current form) has never...
Privacy Act s 98 Information Commissioner Initiated Applications
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Partially successful.

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 .

Successful.

Thank you for your decision, the information provided is quite useful, and will be a beneficial aid to interpretation when the Australian National A...
Waiver of Privacy Act Personal Information Disclosure Certificate - Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2016 -
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Refused.

Our reference: MR17/00242   Dear Ms Pane   MR17/00242 – Finalisation of your application for IC review   I refer to your application for IC...
Information on considerably delayed Privacy Complaints & IC Reviews
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Refused.

You claim the reporting system cannot generate the information requested for those privacy complaints exceeding 360 days, yet this is contradicted b...
Complaint Statistical Reports Produced in 2016
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

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 .

Successful.

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.  ...
Correspondence pertaining to the ATO rejecting Freedom of Information requests from the website 'righttoknow.org.au'
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Peter Tonoli on .

Refused.

Our Reference: FOIREQ17/00014   Dear Mr Tonoli,   Please find attached the decision in relation to your FOI request.   Kind Regards,  ...
Guidelines on the practice of adding text unrelated to redaction to documents
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by JS on .

Information not held.

Thank you for your reply. Like the OAIC I do not have concerns regarding the addition of watermarks, FOI reference numbers, or page numbers to doc...
Number of identity theft incidents in Australia 2016
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Frank on .

Partially successful.

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 .

Partially successful.

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 .

Partially successful.

    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 .

Successful.

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 .

Successful.

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 .

Successful.

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 .

Successful.

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...
FOIREQ16/00021 - Privacy Complaint Statistics - Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Mr Knowles (Account suspended) on .

Long overdue.

To clarify, the spreadsheet attached to my FOI request was a comprehension aid only (to help understand what I was looking for, as obviously it can...
Applications to have individuals declared vexatious under s 89K
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Ben Fairless on .

Partially successful.

Email 2 of 3   Dear Mr Fairless,   Please find my second email with the documents at issue attached.   Kind regards,   Kevin   Kevi...
Notice of Appeal
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ben Fairless on .

Long overdue.

Happy to withdraw the Telstra part of my request. Yours sincerely, Ben Fairless
Maximum disclosure principle of FOI legislation
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Ha on .

Partially successful.

Dear Ha Thank you for your enquiry. The [1]Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 (Reform Act) included a number of changes to the [2]Fr...
Conduct of functions of OAIC from 1 January 2015
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Peter Timmins on .

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Timmins   Please find attached the decision, schedule and relevant documents in relation to your request.   Kind regards   Rocelle...
FOIable Agencies
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Ben Fairless on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Fairless   Thank you for your email.   I have treated your request as a request for administrative access.   Please find attached a...

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