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Dear Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre,

I am writing to request information regarding the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.

Specifically, I seek the following information:
* AUSTRAC's policies or guidelines regarding the investigation, monitoring and regulation of Monero.
* Any reports or assessments prepared by AUSTRAC that discuss Monero.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Yours faithfully,
Journo

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OFFICIAL
Good afternoon,

Thank you for submitting a request for access to information you believe to be held by AUSTRAC. In accordance with section 15(5)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), I formally acknowledge receipt of your freedom of information request for access to:

‘AUSTRAC's policies or guidelines regarding the investigation, monitoring and regulation of Monero.
Any reports or assessments prepared by AUSTRAC that discuss Monero.’

Under section 15(5)(b) of the FOI Act the statutory time frame for processing a request is 30 days, within which a decision on access to the requested documents is to be notified. We received your request on 30 August 2024 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date.

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Exclusion of non-SES staff details, and SES staff contact details AUSTRAC’s policy is to exclude the details (name, position title, telephone and/or mobile number, and email address) of officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the contact details (telephone and/or mobile number and email address) of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI request. If you require names, position titles and contact details of non-SES officers, or the contact details of SES staff, please inform us so that the decision maker may consider your request. Otherwise, we will take it that you agree to the information being excluded from the scope of your request.

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Third Party Business Consent
AUSTRAC recognises you are seeking access to third party Business Information for the entity Monero without supporting consent. Please consider providing third party consent for the business entity if practicable for you to do so in support of your FOI application. Consent of the business entity should be provided on company letterhead signed by an office holder by that company. If obtaining third party business consent is not practicable in the circumstances, please consider submitting a statement detailing why providing you a third party’s information to you without consent would be reasonable in the circumstances. If you wish to provide either third party consent or a statement, please do so within 10 days of this correspondence. AUSTRAC will have regard to any consent or statement you may wish to provide in determining if disclosure would be reasonable in the circumstances.

If you have any questions in relation to your request, or require further information, please contact the Privacy and Information Access team via [email address] and quote reference PIAT-6130.

Regards
Jessica Johnson | Officer, Privacy and Information Access Team Privacy and Information Access Team @AUSTRAC W: www.austrac.gov.au
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-----Original Message-----
From: Journo 5027 <[FOI #11964 email]>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2024 12:55 AM
To: INFO_ACCESS <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Privacy cryptocurrency [EXTERNAL]

Dear Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre,

I am writing to request information regarding the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Yours faithfully,
Journo

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OFFICIAL

Dear Journo

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your freedom of
information request.

If you have any questions or wish to provide feedback on your experience
working with us, please contact the Privacy and Information Access Team
via email at [1][email address].

Kind regards

Jessica Johnson | Officer, Privacy and Information Access Team

Privacy and Information Access Team

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