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From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date.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.

Spent convictions

Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) is usually called the Spent Convictions Scheme. It protects people against discrimination on the basis of old minor criminal convictions.

If you think an individual or organisation has broken the rules of the Spent Convictions Scheme, you can complain to this Office. Generally, before you make a complaint to our Office, you need to write to the agency or organisation first to try to resolve the problem directly.