Site Changes

On 1 November 2010 the Office of the Privacy Commissioner was integrated into the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and a new website established at www.oaic.gov.au.

Note 1: Major changes to the Privacy Act 1988 will come into effect in March 2014. Agencies, businesses and not for profits need to start preparing for these changes. For more information go to our privacy law reform page at www.oaic.gov.au
Note 2: From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date. For new privacy content visit the www.oaic.gov.au website.

Data-matching

Centrelink, the Australian Taxation Office and the Department of Veterans' Affairs share information about their clients. This is done according to rules in the Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 (Cth).

If you think that one of these agencies has breached the data-matching rules, you can complain to us. But generally, before you do, you need to write to the agency first and try to resolve the problem directly.