Submissions

24 March 2023

Consumer Data Right (CDR) Action Initiation Exposure Draft Legislation Part 1: IntroductionThe Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the exposure draft of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for Consultation) Bill 2022: Consumer Data Right – Implementing Action Initiation (the Bill) and the exposure ...

24 October 2022

Submission to Treasury’s consultation on exposure draft legislation to enable action initiation in the CDR Publication date: 24 October 2022Download the submissionPart 1: IntroductionThe Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the exposure draft of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for Consultation) Bill 2022: ...

20 February 2023

OAIC submission to Government consultation on ACCC’s regulatory reform recommendations Publication date: 20 February 2023Download the submissionIntroduction1 The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to Treasury’s consultation on regulatory reform for digital platforms (the Consultation Paper).2 The OAIC is an independent Commonwealth regulator, established ...

10 October 2022

Report on the draft Consumer Data Right (Non Bank Lenders) Designation 2022 Publication date: 10 October 2022A report by the Australian Information Commissioner, pursuant to section 56AF of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.I welcome the opportunity to provide this report on the Consumer Data Right (Non-Bank Lenders) Designation 2022 ...

29 September 2022

Report on the draft designation instrument — Consumer Data Right — (Authorised Deposit – Taking Institutions) Amendment 2022 Publication date: 29 September 2022A report by the Australian Information Commissioner, pursuant to section 56AF of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.I welcome the opportunity to provide this report on the Consumer ...

29 March 2023

OAIC submission to Senate Inquiry into the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 Publication date: 3 February 2023Dear ChairThank you for the invitation to make a submission to the Committee’s inquiry into the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (the Bill).The Office of the ...

27 May 2022

OAIC submission to the Statutory Review of the Consumer Data Right 27 May 2022Executive summaryThe Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Issues Paper for the Statutory Review on the operation of the Consumer Data Right (the Review). The Review is required under ...

14 November 2022

OAIC submission to the Productivity Commission’s 5-year Productivity Inquiry: Australia’s data and digital dividend Interim Report 14 November 2022Introduction1 The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the 5-year Productivity Inquiry: Australia’s data and digital dividend Interim Report (the Report) released by ...

11 December 2020

Executive summary 11 December 2020The OAIC has made a submission to the Australian Government's review of the Privacy Act 1988, in response to its Issues Paper. You can read more about the review process on the Attorney-General's Department website. Download our submissionAn accessible version of our submission will be made ...

11 December 2020

Part 10: Direct right of action 11 December 202056. How should any direct right of action under the Act be framed so as to give individuals greater control over their personal information and provide additional incentive for APP entities to comply with their obligations while balancing the need to appropriately ...