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From 12 March 2013 content is no longer being added to, or amended, on this site, consequently some information may be out of date.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

Types

Documents under "Reports", filtered by "date".

Annual Reports

Correction - Annual Report 2009-10 page 163

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Correction: In the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's Annual Report 2009-10, page 162 was duplicated, and printed as page 163. The attached page (part of the financial statements) was inadvertently omitted and should be read in place of page 163 of the Annual Report 2009-10 as previously published. This correction was tabled in Parliament on 20 September 2011.

2009-10 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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2008-09 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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2007-08 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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The Operation of the Privacy Act Annual Report Users Guide Commissioners Overview 2007-08 About the Office The Year in Review - a Summary Chapter 1 Respecting Privacy 1.1 Review of Performance 1.2 Australian Law Reform Commission Review of Privacy 1.3 Privacy and the Aus...

Annual Report 2007-08: Financial Statements

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2006-07 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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Users Guide ACT Government How to find out more Non-English Speakers Commissioners Overview 2006-07 The year ahead The year in review - a summary Chapter 1 Respecting Privacy 1.1 Review of Performance 1.2 Australian Law Reform Commission Review of Privacy 1.3 Privacy...

Annual Report 2006-07: Financial Statements

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2005-06 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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Users Guide Commissioners Overview 2005-06 The year ahead The year in review - a summary Chapter 1 Respecting Privacy 1.1 Review of Performance 1.2 Privacy and the Australian Government 1.2.1 Guide to Privacy Impact Assessments 1.2.2 Department of Human Services Health and Social Services...

Annual Report 2005-06: Financial Statements

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2004-05 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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Annual Report 2004-05: Financial Statements

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2003-04 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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Annual Report 2003-04: Financial Statements

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2002-03 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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2001-02 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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2000-01 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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1999-00 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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1998-99 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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1997-98 Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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Audit Reports - ACT Government

ACT Human Rights Commission

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Public Trustee for the Australian Capital Territory

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ACT Planning and Land Authority

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ACT Corrective Services: Client and Staff Records

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ACT Office of the Community Advocate (now ACT Public Advocate): Client Records

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ACT Department of Justice And Community Safety: Registrar General's Office

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ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services: Client Records

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Canberra Institute of Technology: Staff and Student Records

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ACT Residential Tenancies Tribunal: Client and Employee Records

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Audit Reports - Australian Government

Passenger Name Records (PNR data) Audit Report No 2

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An audit report on the use by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service of Passenger Name Records (PNR) data.

Passenger Name Records (PNR data) Audit Report No 1

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An audit report on the use by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service of Passenger Name Records (PNR) data.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and Centrelink: Document Verification Service Prototype

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Australian Customs Service: SmartGate Automated Border Processing

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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade & Australian Customs Service: ePassport & SmartGate Trials

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Legal Service Expenditure Reports

Legal Services Expenditure Report 2009-10

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Legal Services Expenditure Report 2008-09

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Legal Services Expenditure Report 2007-08

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Legal Services Expenditure Report 2006-07

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Legal Services Expenditure Report 2005-06

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Other Reports

Privacy and cockpit voice recorder information: Report to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

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Report to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government pursuant to section 4 of the Aviation Legislation Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Act 2009 made in June 2010

Portable Storage Devices and Australian Government Agencies Personal Information Survey 2009

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The April 2009 report on a benchmark online survey of Australian Government agencies to identify how they have addressed the risks Portable Storage Devices present to their management of personal information in the workplace.

Changes made to the Community Attitudes to Privacy Report 2007

Changes made to the Community Attitudes to Privacy 2007 report A revised report of the Community Attitudes to Privacy study now appears on this website, replacing the earlier version of the report that had appeared here prior to 26 September 2007. Details of the amendments made in the revised report are as follows: Some respondents...

135AA Review Report

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Report of the Privacy Commissioners Review of the Privacy Guidelines for the Handling of Medicare and PBS claims information August 2006Skip to content Table of Contents Table of Contents FOREWORD SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 1. OVERVIEW Background to the Review Terms...

Getting in on the Act: the Review of the Private Sector Provisions of the Privacy Act 1988

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This report is the first major examination of how the laws governing the use of personal information by the private sector in Australia have worked in their first years of operation.

Review of the guidelines under section 95 of the Privacy Act 1988: Joint summary (April 2003)

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Review of the guidelines under section 95 of the Privacy Act 1988: Joint summary by National Health and Medical Research Council and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Review of guidelines under Section 95 of the Privacy Act 1988: Report on Commonwealth agencies? responses to the OFPC survey (October 2001)

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Report on Commonwealth agencies' responses to the OFPC survey for a Review of the Guidelines under Section 95 of the Privacy Act 1988