Applications outside the scope of the Act
Privacy case note #4, 2021: Employee of agency accesses personal information of multiple family members without authority to do so
October 8, 2021 - 10:45am
Multiple members of the same family complained that an employee of the agency had accessed their personal information without reason to do so. The agency conducted audit logs of their records which confirmed the complainants’ allegations. Immediately after the agency interviewed the employee about the alleged breach of privacy, they left the agency.
Proactive release delivers a better service for motorists
September 29, 2021 - 9:38am
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is one of the largest receivers of applications under the Right to Information and Information Privacy Acts (RTI). The QPS currently receives over 4000 applications every year, and has seen a trend of significant increases in RTI over the last 5 years.
Community attitudes on information access measured
September 24, 2021 - 1:49pm
Information Access Commissioners and Commonwealth Ombudsman have released the findings of their second cross jurisdictional study of community attitudes on access to government information.
Open by Design Principles
September 24, 2021 - 9:26am
Australian Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsmen published an authoritative statement to promote the proactive release of information. The Open by Design Principles were released ahead of International Access to Information Day on 28 September.
Privacy case note #3, 2021: Agency discloses copy of records to a legal firm whose client had the same name as complainant
September 6, 2021 - 11:14am
OIC was contacted by a complainant who stated the agency had provided a copy of her agency records to a legal firm, whose client had the same name as her. All other information was different including the two people’s ages, their places of residence and the currency of the records.
