Our ref FOIREQ22/00389

Dear Lucas Baird

Freedom of Information request

I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act).

You FOI request was received by the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC) on 11 November 2022. This means that a decision on
your FOI request is currently due on 12 December 2022.

Scope of your request

Your FOI request was made in the following terms:

I request, under the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, any and
all written  communication between Optus and OAIC about its data breach in
the week starting September 19. I also request any minutes made of any
phone calls/meetings with representatives of Optus, and a log of said
phone calls.

In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, I will
exclude duplicates and early parts of email streams that are captured in
later email streams from the scope of this request, unless you advise me
otherwise.

We will not identify you as the FOI applicant during any consultation
process, unless we seek your permission. However, documents that are
within the scope of your request that we may need to consult third parties
about may contain your personal information.

Timeframes for dealing with your request

Section 15 of the FOI Act requires the OAIC to process your request no
later than 30 days after the day we receive it. However, section 15(6) of
the FOI Act allows us a further 30 days in situations where we need to
consult with third parties about certain information, such as business
documents or documents affecting their personal privacy.

The current decision due date for your request 12 December 2022. We will
advise you if this timeframe is otherwise extended.

Disclosure Log

Documents released under the FOI Act may be published online on our
disclosure log, unless they contain personal or business information that
would be unreasonable to publish.

If you would like to discuss your FOI request, please contact me on my
contact details set out below.

Yours sincerely

Llewellyn

[1]O A I C logo   Llewellyn Horgan | Graduate

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001  |  oaic.gov.au

+61 2 9942 4234 |  [2][email address]

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FOIREQ22/00389

Dear Mr Baird,

Please find attached our decision in the above matter.

Kind regards,

Llewellyn

[1]O A I C logo   Llewellyn Horgan | Lawyer  

Legal Services

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001  |  oaic.gov.au

+61 2 9942 4234 |  [2][email address]

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Please note the OAIC will be closed from Saturday 24 December 2022 and
will reopen on Tuesday 3 January 2023.

Notice:

The information contained in this email message and any attached files may
be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 488 064 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
time) and delete all copies of this transmission together with any
attachments.

References

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