Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Part of the Attorney-General portfolio and a Federal authority, also called OAIC

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has three sets of functions. They are: freedom of information functions, in particular, oversight of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and review of decisions made by agencies and ministers under that Act. - privacy functions, conferred by the Privacy Act 1988 and other laws - government information policy functions, conferred on the Australian Information Commissioner under theAustralian Information Commissioner Act 2010.

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s 36(4) requests
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Mr Knowles (Account suspended). Annotated by Mr Knowles (Account suspended) on .

Refused.

Unsurprisingly, the OAIC was totally opaque and unaccountable.
RESOLVE Case Reports for CP18/02632 & MR18/00607
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

I am not aware I gave consent for a change of address for notices, and given Right to Know is where the request was made, the address for notices wo...
Request for Information - Requirements for exercises of delegation under FOI Act
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Kieran (Account suspended). Annotated by Ben Fairless on .

Partially successful.

Hi Everyone, Ben here, one of the volunteers that look after the site. Just a reminder that the purpose of annotations are to help people with reques...
Digital Information Systems Used for Accounting and Corporate Records Management
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Marcus (Account suspended) on .

Successful.

Thank you for your response to my administrative access request (AAR). As I explicitly made my request as an AAR, I believe para 1.46 of the Infor...
Documents relating to notification of privacy breach by Commonwealth Bank (CBA) to OAIC and OAIC’s advice to CBA that it did not intend to inquire further about breach
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

I acknowledge your decision of today, which made slight reduction of the a few of the previous many redactions. As stated in the scope of this FOI...
Analysis underlying the Commissioner's 'Concluding statement — Centrelink release of personal information'
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ned Caractacus. Annotated by Julie on .

Successful.

Dear Ned, As this FOI had documents excluded in the FOI decision, it should be marked “Partially Successful” rather than “Successful”. “Successful”...
Review and Update of ARPANSA Information Publication Scheme
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sun Shine on .

Successful.

Dear FOI applicant   Thank you for your comments in relation to the Information Publication Scheme (IPS) survey. I have passed your comments on to t...
Improvement Notice Issued by CEO of ARPANSA
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sun Shine on .

Successful.

Our reference: MR18/00435   Dear Anonymous Thank you for your response. This matter is now considered withdrawn under s 54R of the Freedom of Info...
Complaints regarding sharing of personal information with third parties on public WIFI service
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sam Duncan on .

Successful.

Our reference: FOIREQ18/00032 Dear Mr Duncan Please find attached the decision of today’s date. Kind regards Shelley Napper | Review and Invest...
IC reviews
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Nil on .

Successful.

Dear FOI applicant   I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act), received by th...
FOI Agency Reference Numbers for Documents in REQFOI17/00064
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

I’ve marked this partial for two reasons: 1) Firstly, this information should have been provided a month ago with the original FOI decision, but was u...
Extension of Time Applications - s 15AB - Complex or Voluminous
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

The subsequent FOI the OAIC forced me to put in, after unethically and unlawfully redacting relevant information for which no consent was given to reda...
Precise salaries paid to the OAIC’s SES officers for FY14/15, FY15/16 and FY16/17
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Name withheld on .

Partially successful.

Dear Anonymous The delegate’s FOI decision and the requested document are attached to this email. Regards Enquiries Officer Office of the Aust...
Follow up - Use of s 44 powers - Agencies
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

Dear Ms Pane   A decision on your FOI request is attached, as are the documents you requested.   Regards     Raewyn Harlock | Assistant...
Documents Where s 44 Privacy Act Powers Exercised
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Successful.

On 1 June 2017, under FOIREQ17/00036, I made a valid FOI Request (administrative access sought in the first instance, but to be treated as an FOI Ap...
Use of Privacy Act s44 and s45 powers
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Pane, I am writing to provide you with my decision on your Internal Review application for your FOI request relating to the Information Commis...
Documents relating to any satisfaction surveys
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Refused.

Thank you for the background information. I am satisfied with the response here that no documents exist as the OAIC (in its current form) has never...
Privacy Act s 98 Information Commissioner Initiated Applications
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Partially successful.

I make this note only for a purpose to make something clear to other users of Right to Know. In the first email the applicant mentions "s 17 FOI reques...
Request for summary FOI information
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Successful.

Thank you for your decision, the information provided is quite useful, and will be a beneficial aid to interpretation when the Australian National A...
Waiver of Privacy Act Personal Information Disclosure Certificate - Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2016 -
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Refused.

Our reference: MR17/00242   Dear Ms Pane   MR17/00242 – Finalisation of your application for IC review   I refer to your application for IC...
Information on considerably delayed Privacy Complaints & IC Reviews
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Refused.

You claim the reporting system cannot generate the information requested for those privacy complaints exceeding 360 days, yet this is contradicted b...
Complaint Statistical Reports Produced in 2016
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

Dear Ms Pane   A decision and the documents you requested on 22 April 2017 are attached to this email.   Regards   Raewyn Harlock | Assist...
Information on all Privacy and IC review complaints currently open for 360 days or older
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

Thank you for your email.   I am out of the office on Friday 19 May 2017 and will return on Monday 22 May 2017. I will respond to you then.  ...
Correspondence pertaining to the ATO rejecting Freedom of Information requests from the website 'righttoknow.org.au'
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Peter Tonoli on .

Refused.

Our Reference: FOIREQ17/00014   Dear Mr Tonoli,   Please find attached the decision in relation to your FOI request.   Kind Regards,  ...
Guidelines on the practice of adding text unrelated to redaction to documents
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by JS on .

Information not held.

Thank you for your reply. Like the OAIC I do not have concerns regarding the addition of watermarks, FOI reference numbers, or page numbers to doc...

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