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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Information sharing

151: Commissioner may prepare and publish report on approved information sharing agreement

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“Privacy Commissioner can write and share reports about information sharing agreements”

The Privacy Commissioner can write a report for the Minister about privacy matters related to an approved information sharing agreement. This report can be about current or future privacy issues.

The Commissioner can include comments about how the agencies talked to people about the agreement. They can also include any ideas they gave to the agencies about the agreement.

The Commissioner is allowed to share this report with the public. However, before making it public, they must talk to the Minister first.

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Part 7 Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Information sharing

151Commissioner may prepare and publish report on approved information sharing agreement

  1. If an information sharing agreement is approved by Order in Council, the Commissioner may prepare a report for the relevant Minister on any matter relating to privacy that arises or is likely to arise in respect of the agreement.

  2. Without limiting subsection (1), the Commissioner may include in the report—

  3. any comment that the Commissioner wishes to make about the consultation that the agencies carried out under section 150(1)(a); and
    1. any submissions that the Commissioner made to the agencies under section 150(1)(a)(i).

      1. The Commissioner—

      2. may publish a report under subsection (1); but
        1. must consult the relevant Minister before doing so.

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