Protecting information rights – advancing information policy

ICON meetingTuesday, 18 February 2014

Timothy PilgrimPrivacy Commissioner

Definition of ‘personal information’

• APP guidelines• 40 submissions, 12 from agencies• Language clarified around the ‘musts’, ‘shoulds’ and

‘coulds’.

• Code and EDR schemes―Credit Reporting Code was approved on 22 January 2014.

ExWhere are we up to?

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• Checklist for APP entities

—Review your personal and sensitive information holdings—Review or draft your Agency’s APP privacy policy. make the

APP privacy policy available in an appropriate form and for free

—Review practices, procedures and systems for handling privacy inquiries and complaints

—Review storage, destruction and de-identification processes

Where are we up to?

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• Operational regulatory guidance

• OAIC enforcement approach

• Privacy policy tool (coming soon)

• Privacy impact assessment guide (coming soon)

What’s coming next?

• Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) will be held from 4 to 10 May 2014.

• PAW is an easy way to demonstrate a commitment to privacy, especially in the year of reform.

• 36 Agency’s were partners in 2013• How are you going to mark PAW in your Agency?

Privacy a human rightExPrivacy Awareness Week (PAW) 2014

• Remember the world will not end on 12 March!

• Agencies should strive for continual improvement

• Continuous self-assessment important• Familiarise yourself with OAIC resources

Post 12 March

www.oaic.gov.au