Protecting Information Rights – Advancing Information Policy

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Site Changes

On 1 November 2010 the Office of the Privacy Commissioner was integrated into the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). An interim website for the OAIC is available at www.oaic.gov.au. This site (privacy.gov.au), which only contains information related to the OAIC's privacy function, will be maintained until a combined site is established.
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How will privacy be protected on the Personal Property Securities Register?

The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) has a number of mechanisms to protect individual grantors and other members of the public from misuse of the Personal Property Securities Register (PPS Register).

An individual will be able to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner if:

  • notice is not given to individual grantors (i.e. individuals who grant a security interest over their personal property) in relation to the addition, amendment or removal of information from the PPS Register
  • an unauthorised search of the PPS Register, or use of the personal information obtained as a result, occurs.

For information about making a complaint see our contact page.

More information about the PPS Register is available on their website at: http://www.ppsr.gov.au/AsktheRegistrar/Pages/default.aspx