Our FOI disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00307

Date of access

28 June 2024

Published on

12 July 2024

FOI request

A request for any documents in relation to [specific file reference number] Ben Grubb and Telstra Corporation Limited [2015] AICmr [35], Telstra Corporation Limited and Privacy Commissioner [2015] AATA 991 (18 December 2015) and Privacy Commissioner v Telstra Corporation Limited [2017] FCAFC 4 that detail, describe or otherwise relate the approach taken to interpretation of the meaning of personal information.

This request would be expected to include any procedural documents, training material or other guidance for OAIC staff on how to do this; and any specific considerations of the case officer.

Other information

4 documents granted access in full. 3 documents granted access in part.

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00284

Date of access

28 June 2024

Published on

12 July 2024

FOI request

- any documents (whether physical, or electronic and able to be produced) regarding the meeting had between Deputy Secretary Andrew Kefford (and party) and Deputy Commissioner Elizabeth Hampton on 24 October 2023, including but not limited to:

a) correspondence and records of conversation arranging said meeting and any agenda for said meeting, including any OAIC Teams records

b) any record recording or summarising anything said or exchanged in that meeting, including any OAIC Teams records

c) any follow-up or discussion about that meeting and its contents, including any OAIC Teams records

d) any briefing or summary of any of the above made to the Information Commissioner

Signatures, telephone numbers and the last name of non-SES personnel working for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs is s 22 (Out of Scope). Similarly, the names of individuals who are neither employees or contractors to either is s 22 (Out of Scope).

Other information

4 documents granted access in full. 11 documents granted access in part.

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00316

Date of access

25 June 2024

Published on

26 June 2024

FOI request

How many FOI requests have been processed by the OAIC between 1 January 2024 – 30 May 2024?

How many Information Commissioner Reviews have been conducted by the OAIC between 1 January 2024 – 30 May 2024?

Other information

Full release

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00234

Date of access

17 June 2024

Published on

20 June 2024

FOI request

Initial terms:

We request the following:

1. A copy of all Information Commissioner (IC) reviews where the IC decided that the Act no longer applied to the documents the subject of the access request or IC review on the basis that the documents requested were not in the possession of a new Minister (following a change of Minister) and therefore not an official document of a Minister.

We request a copy of each original IC review application, the IC’s notice of decision and any reasons.

The relevant time period for this search is 1 January 2011 to the date of this request.

Clarified as:

1. In relation to the IC review decisions/reasons, I would like to request a list (rather than a copy) of all such decisions/reasons where the IC decided that the FOI Act no longer applied to the documents the subject of the access request or IC review on the basis that the documents requested were not in the possession of a new Minister (following a change of Minister) and therefore not an official document of a Minister. It would be sufficient for this list to contain the medium neutral citation of all relevant decisions/reasons.

2. In relation to the copies of the IC review applications, I am content to exclude the personal information of applicants (insofar as that information is not included in an IC decision or otherwise already publicly accessible).

Other information

7 documents granted access in full.

1 document granted access in part.

1 document refused access in full.

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00243

Date of access

18 June 2024

Published on

18 June 2024

FOI request

… [a] table setting out all previous and current Information Commissioner review applications by [named individual]  - specifically, for each IC review application, whether a final decision was made or not:

1. Whether [named individual] sought internal review from the relevant agency before requesting IC review;
2. Whether the decision for which [named individual] sought IC review was a deemed refusal decision or not;

Whether [named individual] provided formal submissions (i.e. the kinds that would be referenced in a decision) to the OAIC to assist with the IC review;

Other information

One document created under s 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), granted access in full.

Section 17(2).

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00279

Date of access

29 May 2024

Published on

13 June 2024

FOI request

As discussed in our initial enquiry we are looking for additional information from the Notifiable Data Breaches Report January to Jun 2023 and Notifiable Data Breaches Report: July to December 2023  - link as below to the online content.
https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/notifiable-data-breaches/notifiable-data-breaches-publications/notifiable-data-breaches-report-january-to-june-2023
https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/notifiable-data-breaches/notifiable-data-breaches-publications/notifiable-data-breaches-report-july-to-december-2023
We are looking for the following drill-down of information contained in this report:

• Number of accounting firms which notified of a breach for 2023 and 2022
• Sources of the data breaches for accounting firms affected as well as overall financial institutions including individual number of breaches for the 2022 and 2023 period
• Number of Australians affected by data breaches by accounting firms and financial institutions in both 2022 and 2023
• What personal information was involved in the breaches for both financial institutions and accounting firms in both 2022 and 2023
• Time taken to identify breaches for both accounting firms and financial institutions for 2022 and 2023
• Breakdown of malicious or criminal attack by source of breach for accounting firms and financial institutions in both 2023 and 2022  

Please note for the above we want both the accounting and financial institution data separately not bundled together, the same with the year data.

Other information

Redactions made under s 22 and s 47E(d)

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00201

Date of access

3 June 2024

Published on

7 June 2024

FOI request

This letter is a request for the purposes of the FOI Act 1982.

1. Contract CN4012173, and amendments to the contract, insofar as the contract and amendments go to scope of contracted deliverables and delivery schedules.
2. Any documentation deliverables under the contract CN4012173, and amendments to the contract. I seek access to a final document deliverable only, or in the event that a document deliverable has not been finalised, then I seek access to the most recent draft only.

I do NOT seek access to duplicates of any document captured within the scope of the request, nor the mobile numbers or full email addresses of government officials, nor the names and contact details of government officials not in the Senior Executive Service or equivalent. I do ask that junior official’s position or titles be left unredacted, along with email domains that provide useful information as to the origin and destination of communication e.g. ‘[redacted]@oaic.gov.au’.

The applicant confirmed that in relation to part two of their request, they were seeking the OAIC’s Strategic Review Final Report (the final report).

Other information

4 documents granted access in part.

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Reference number

FOIREQ24/00201

Date of access

3 June 2024

Published on

7 June 2024

FOI request

This letter is a request for the purposes of the FOI Act 1982.

1. Contract CN4012173, and amendments to the contract, insofar as the contract and amendments go to scope of contracted deliverables and delivery schedules.
2. Any documentation deliverables under the contract CN4012173, and amendments to the contract. I seek access to a final document deliverable only, or in the event that a document deliverable has not been finalised, then I seek access to the most recent draft only.

I do NOT seek access to duplicates of any document captured within the scope of the request, nor the mobile numbers or full email addresses of government officials, nor the names and contact details of government officials not in the Senior Executive Service or equivalent. I do ask that junior official’s position or titles be left unredacted, along with email domains that provide useful information as to the origin and destination of communication e.g. ‘[redacted]@oaic.gov.au’.

The applicant confirmed that in relation to part two of their request, they were seeking the OAIC’s Strategic Review Final Report (the final report).

Other information

4 documents granted access in part.

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00201

Date of access

3 June 2024

Published on

7 June 2024

FOI request

This letter is a request for the purposes of the FOI Act 1982.

1. Contract CN4012173, and amendments to the contract, insofar as the contract and amendments go to scope of contracted deliverables and delivery schedules.
2. Any documentation deliverables under the contract CN4012173, and amendments to the contract. I seek access to a final document deliverable only, or in the event that a document deliverable has not been finalised, then I seek access to the most recent draft only.

I do NOT seek access to duplicates of any document captured within the scope of the request, nor the mobile numbers or full email addresses of government officials, nor the names and contact details of government officials not in the Senior Executive Service or equivalent. I do ask that junior official’s position or titles be left unredacted, along with email domains that provide useful information as to the origin and destination of communication e.g. ‘[redacted]@oaic.gov.au’.

The applicant confirmed that in relation to part two of their request, they were seeking the OAIC’s Strategic Review Final Report (the final report).

Other information

4 documents granted access in part.

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ24/00201

Date of access

3 June 2024

Published on

7 June 2024

FOI request

This letter is a request for the purposes of the FOI Act 1982.

1. Contract CN4012173, and amendments to the contract, insofar as the contract and amendments go to scope of contracted deliverables and delivery schedules.
2. Any documentation deliverables under the contract CN4012173, and amendments to the contract. I seek access to a final document deliverable only, or in the event that a document deliverable has not been finalised, then I seek access to the most recent draft only.

I do NOT seek access to duplicates of any document captured within the scope of the request, nor the mobile numbers or full email addresses of government officials, nor the names and contact details of government officials not in the Senior Executive Service or equivalent. I do ask that junior official’s position or titles be left unredacted, along with email domains that provide useful information as to the origin and destination of communication e.g. ‘[redacted]@oaic.gov.au’.

The applicant confirmed that in relation to part two of their request, they were seeking the OAIC’s Strategic Review Final Report (the final report).

Other information

4 documents granted access in part.

Information published in the disclosure log