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128: Commissioner’s power to obtain information
or “The Commissioner can ask for information before deciding on compliance notices”
You could also call this:

“Commissioner can publish details about compliance notices if it's in the public interest”

The Privacy Commissioner can choose to make public certain information about a compliance notice if they think it’s in the public’s best interest. This information might include:

The name of the organisation that received the compliance notice.

Other details about the compliance notice or the privacy breach that led to it.

The Commissioner’s thoughts or comments about the privacy breach.

The Commissioner can decide to share this information right away or wait to do so later.

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Part 6 Notifiable privacy breaches and compliance notices
Compliance notices

129Publication of details of compliance notice

  1. The Commissioner may publish or delay publication of any of the following information if the Commissioner believes it is desirable to do so in the public interest:

  2. the identity of an agency to whom or which a compliance notice has been issued:
    1. other details about the compliance notice or the breach that is the subject of the notice, that the Commissioner considers should be published:
      1. a statement or comment about the breach, that the Commissioner considers is appropriate in the circumstances.