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Strategic Plan 2007-2009

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Office of the Privacy Commissioner


Our Vision:

An Australian community in which privacy is valued and respected.

Our Purpose:

To promote and protect privacy in Australia.

Our Values:

As an Australian Government agency the Office of the Privacy Commissioner is committed to upholding the APS Values and Code of Conduct. In particular we will:
  • demonstrate leadership in promoting and protecting privacy
  • act with independence, impartiality and integrity
  • value our staff
  • be responsive to our clients
  • work collaboratively with stakeholders.

Context:

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is established under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to:
  • provide advice and assistance to individuals
  • provide advice and assistance to organisations and agencies with responsibilities under the Privacy Act
  • promote privacy through policy advice and educational activities
  • administer the Privacy Act including by investigating individual privacy complaints and systemic issues, and conducting audits.

Goals:

  • High quality results
  • Increased awareness of privacy choices and obligations within the community
  • Robust relationships
  • A confident and competent workforce.

Goals and Strategies with Actions for 2008 PDF

GOALS
STRATEGIES
ACTIONS for 2008
High quality results Build our policy and strategic analysis capacity
  • Develop opportunities for collaborative work.
  • Initiate a targeted research program to inform the Office's policy work and promote consideration of privacy issues.
  Identify and focus our Office's work on areas of maximum impact
  • Identify partnership opportunities to maximise our ability to advise on key policy issues.
  Increase our influence through quality advice and information
  • Develop standards for excellence in customer service.
  Manage our resources effectively, flexibly and efficiently
  • All sections to develop and implement means for prioritising their work for maximum effect.
  • Maximise the impact of our policy advice through follow-up strategies.
  Deliver fair, transparent, efficient and effective complaint handling
  • Provide a timely complaint resolution service.
  • Ensure consistency in decision making.
  • Utilise the range of compliance mechanisms under the Privacy Act.
  Increase our focus on systemic information handling issues
  • Identify key privacy compliance issues and target systemic issues accordingly.
  Harness and utilise knowledge gained from day-to-day activities to inform our strategic work
  • Identify key privacy compliance issues in Complaint Handling Audit and Data Matching.
  Ensure robust work practice and information systems support our core business
  • Further develop continuous improvement systems.
  • Review and enhance internal work processes.
  • Review and build on our knowledge sharing and management systems.
  Build our capacity to respond to evolving and emerging technology
  • Identify evolving and emerging technology issues.
  • Develop greater capacity in technology issues.
Increased awareness of privacy choices and obligations within the community Communicate effectively with more targeted integrated strategies
  • Develop a specialist publication for young adults.
  Harness existing communication channels to maximum effect, especially emerging popular mediums.
  • Progress the development and implementation of communication plans targeting key audiences and communicating key messages.
  Utilise the media to deliver the privacy message
  • Further develop and implement media strategy.
  Ensure that material published by the Office is up-to-date, accurate and targeted at identified key audiences
  • Update publications and other written material in accordance with the findings of the Publications Review.
  Ensure that the website as the Office's key communication channel is up-to-date and accurate
  • Redevelop website in accordance with the Office's Communications Strategy and stakeholder feedback to optimise accessibility.
  Develop guidance material to assist the private sector
  • Utilise Compliance data to identify need for new guidance material and prepare material.
  • Implement remaining recommendations from the Private Sector Review.
  Re-energise PCO and Privacy Connections Networks
  • Review and develop services provided to PCO and Privacy Connections Networks.
  Develop programs to recognise and reward best practice
  • Develop and implement Privacy Awards.
Robust relationships Ensure that effective relationships, partnerships and networks are at the core of how we operate internally and externally
  • Nurture, manage and build on existing relationships.
  • Review and measure the success of our relationships.
  • Review and develop systems that support internal and external networks and relationships.
  • Develop and support staff to manage internal and external relationships.
  • Commence development of Communications Plan to address internal and external communication needs.
  Develop formal links with external parties where appropriate and useful to maximise influence and understanding
  • Provide quality and timely advice and services under our MOUs.
  • Identify, build and manage new relationships.
  • Further develop private sector communications, eg: case study workshops.
  • Continue to develop international linkages, particularly APPA and APEC.
A confident and competent workforce Attract well qualified staff
  • Build a reputation as a 'preferred employer'.
  Retain our staff through commitment to training and development, career development, conditions of service, and work-life balance
  • Finalise Workforce Plan and begin implementation of key actions within that plan including:
    • an assessment of our skills base and a training needs analysis to focus our learning and development strategies;
    • Review career development framework for all staff;
    • Establish a secondment program with other agencies and within the Office;
    • Examine and adopt a range of recruitment and retention strategies;
    • Promote and improve knowledge sharing;
    • Review Statement of Duties and Selection Criteria;
    • Review Performance Agreements and Performance Management Scheme, including consideration of a 360° Feedback Scheme.
  Acquire and develop our skills base to respond to emerging issues including technology
  • Identify skills requiring development.
  • Provide training and development opportunities.

Goals and Strategies with Actions for 2007 PDF

GOALS STRATEGIES ACTIONS for 2007
High quality results
  • Build our policy and strategic analysis capacity
  • Identify and focus our policy and analysis effort on areas of maximum impact
  • Increase our influence through quality advice and information
  • Manage our resources effectively and efficiently
  • Deliver fair, transparent, efficient and effective privacy complaint handling
  • Increase our focus on systemic privacy issues
  • Harness and utilise knowledge gained from day to day activities to inform our strategic work
  • Ensure robust work practice and information systems support our core business
  • Build our capacity to respond to evolving and emerging technology
  • Identify partnership opportunities to maximise our ability to advise on key policy issues
  • Maximise the impact of our policy advice through follow-up strategies
  • Implement recommendations from the Private Sector Review
  • Implement recommendations from the Complaint Handling Review
  • Eliminate backlog of complaints
  • Identify key privacy compliance issues
  • Expand our audit program
  • Review our approach to data matching and monitoring
  • Review and build on our knowledge management systems
Increased awareness of privacy choices and obligations within the community
  • Communicate effectively with more targeted integrated strategies
  • Harness existing communication channels to maximum effect especially pop culture medium
  • Utilise the media to deliver the privacy message
  • Ensure that material published by the Office is up-to-date, accurate and targeted at identified key audiences
  • Ensure that the website as the Office's key communication channel is up-to-date and accurate
  • Develop guidance material to assist the private sector
  • Re-energise PCO and Privacy Connections Networks
  • Implement recommendations from Private Sector Review
  • Develop and implement communication plans targeting key audiences, for example, young people, industry sectors, regional, disadvantaged, people from a Non English Speaking Background
  • Develop and implement media strategy
  • Review content and structure of our publications and other written material
  • Review content and design of website
  • Review and develop services provided to PCO and Privacy Connections Networks, including the provision of training
  • Develop programs to recognise and reward best practice
Robust relationships
  • Ensure that effective relationships, partnerships and networks are at the core of how we operate internally and externally
  • Develop formal links with external parties where appropriate and useful to maximise influence and understanding
  • Nurture, manage and review existing relationships
  • Identify, build and manage new relationships
  • Train and support staff to manage internal and external relationships
  • Further develop the private sector communications program
  • Provide quality and timely advice and services under our MOUs
  • Develop international linkages particularly APPA and APEC
  • Review and develop systems that support internal and external networks and relationships
  • Review and measure the success of our relationships
A confident and competent workforce
  • Attract well qualified staff
  • Retain our staff through commitment to training and development, career development, conditions of service, and work-life balance
  • Acquire and develop our skills base to respond to emerging issues including technology
  • Develop a Workforce Plan that:
    • Includes learning and development strategies based on an assessment of our skills base and a training needs analysis
    • Reviews career development framework for all staff
    • Establishes a secondment program with other agencies and within the Office
    • Examines a range of recruitment and retention strategies
    • Promotes and improves knowledge sharing


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