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Privacy Act 2020

Information privacy principles and codes of practice - Information privacy principles

31: Enforceability of IPPs

You could also call this:

“How you can enforce your right to access personal information held by public agencies”

The Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) don’t give you any rights that you can take to court, except for one special case. This special case is about your right to access your personal information when it’s held by a government agency or public organisation. If a public sector agency has your personal information, you have the legal right to ask for it and see it. This right is part of IPP 6(1), and you can go to court to make sure this right is respected. Remember, this only applies to information held by public sector agencies, not private companies.

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Part 3 Information privacy principles and codes of practice
Information privacy principles

31Enforceability of IPPs

  1. Except as provided in subsection (2), the IPPs do not confer on any person any right that is enforceable in a court of law.

  2. The entitlements conferred on an individual by IPP 6(1), to the extent that those entitlements relate to personal information held by a public sector agency, are legal rights and are enforceable in a court of law.

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