Australian Privacy Commissioner

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2024}} The Australian '''Privacy Commissioner''' is an independent [[Statutory authority|statutory office-holder]], appointed under subsection 14 (4) of the ''Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010''. The Privacy Commissioner is one of three commissioners in the [[Office of the Australian Information Commissioner]], and has functions relating to privacy and [[freedom of information]].

Carly Kind is the current Privacy Commissioner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oaic.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/|title=Who we are |at=Our executive |work=Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)|date=19 September 2023 |access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref>

==History== Prior to the ''Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010'', the Privacy Commissioner was the Commissioner with respect to privacy legislation. Under the 2010 amendments<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-legislation/the-privacy-act/history-of-the-privacy-act |access-date=13 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-date=13 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213044650/https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-legislation/the-privacy-act/history-of-the-privacy-act |title=History of the Privacy Act |work=Office of the Australia Information Commissioner |date=10 March 2023 |at=2010 – The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner}}</ref> to the ''Privacy Act 1988'' the Information Commissioner became the Commissioner with respect to privacy legislation.

==External links== *{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|aica2010390|Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010}} *[http://www.oaic.gov.au/ Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website] *{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|pa1988108|Privacy Act 1988}}

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