What is Office of the Australian Information Commissioner mean? The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), known until 2010 as the Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner is an independent Australian Government agency, acting as the national data protection authority for Australia, established under the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010, headed by the Australian Information Commissioner.
The office has three primary functions:
privacy functions, conferred by the Privacy Act 1988 and other lawsfreedom of information functions, in particular, oversight of the operation of the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and review of decisions made by agencies and ministers under that Actgovernment information policy functions, conferred on the Australian Information Commissioner under the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010.
The office is an agency within the Attorney-General's portfolio. The office liaises with the Business and Information Law Branch, part of the Civil Law Division within the Civil Justice and Legal Services Group of the Attorney-General's Department. However, the office is an independent agency and reports directly to the Parliament of Australia, not to the Attorney-General.
The current Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner is Angelene Falk, who was appointed in August 2018.
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