Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Cybersecurity

The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) entitles individuals to make a privacy complaint to an entity if they consider that entity has breached the Australian Privacy Principles. There are similar provisions in other pieces of legislation such as the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth). Those complaints generally relate to a failure to protect, or a misuse of, an individual’s private information. If a privacy complaint is unable to be resolved between the parties at a conciliation, the Information Commissioner can make a binding determination, resolving the matter.

The cases below arise from a diverse range of circumstances across several industries in which a privacy complaint may be made, and provide some insight into how those complaints are considered by the Commissioner.

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