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From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date.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

I think an organisation may hold incorrect information about me. What can I do?

Organisations covered by the Privacy Act have to take reasonable steps to keep personal information they hold accurate, complete and up-to-date.

If you think an organisation holds incorrect information about you, the Privacy Act says that you can ask the organisation to make corrections to that personal information. To do this, you will need to establish to the organisation that the information they hold about you is not accurate, complete and up-to-date.

However, if the organisation disagrees with you about the correction, the Privacy Act says you can ask the organisation to attach a note to the information stating that you believe that the information is not accurate, complete or up-to-date.