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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Information sharing

156: Commissioner may specify frequency of reporting by lead agency

You could also call this:

“Privacy Commissioner decides how often agencies must report on information sharing”

The Commissioner can decide how often a lead agency needs to make a report. They can ask for a report every year or less often if they think it’s better. When the Commissioner is deciding how often the reports should be made, they need to think about a few things. They need to consider how much it costs to make the report. They also need to think about how interested the public might be in what’s in the report. Lastly, they need to look at how important the privacy issues are in the agreement for sharing information. The Commissioner uses these factors to decide if reports should be made yearly or less often.

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

156Commissioner may specify frequency of reporting by lead agency

  1. The Commissioner may require a lead agency to prepare a report under section 154(1)(b)—

  2. annually; or
    1. at less frequent intervals that the Commissioner may specify.

      1. In determining the appropriate frequency in subsection (1) of a report under section 154(1)(b), the Commissioner must have regard to—

      2. the costs of reporting:
        1. the degree of public interest in the matters to be included in the report:
          1. the significance of the privacy implications of the approved information sharing agreement.

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