Countries
Australia
Terminology
Designate a privacy officer.
Scope
Government agencies.
Tasks
- Provide the agency advice on privacy matters.
- Handle internal and external privacy enquiries, complaints and requests for access to and correction of personal information.
- Maintain a record of the agency’s PI holdings.
- Assist with the preparation of privacy impact assessments and maintain the agency’s register of PIAs.
- Measure and document the agency’s performance against the privacy management plan at least annually.
Structure
- An agency may have one or more privacy officers.
- The privacy offi- cer may serve as the required privacy champion, or the two positions may be separate.
Training/ expertise
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s “Privacy Officer Toolkit”
describes useful skills and expertise and offers resources for privacy officers.
Registration/ notification
Provide the OAIC contact information for the privacy officer in writing.