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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Identity information

162: Purpose of this subpart

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“This section explains how certain agencies can verify people's identities”

This part of the law allows certain agencies, called accessing agencies, to check if someone is who they say they are. They can do this by looking at identity information that other agencies, called holder agencies, have about that person. The accessing agencies can only do this when they are doing specific jobs they are supposed to do.

When the law talks about “accessing agencies”, it means the groups that are allowed to look at the information. “Holder agencies” are the groups that keep the information. “Identity information” is details about a person that can prove who they are.

This rule helps make sure that when agencies need to know if someone is really who they claim to be, they can check this information quickly and easily.

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Part 7 Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Identity information

162Purpose of this subpart

  1. The purpose of this subpart is to authorise accessing agencies, when carrying out specified functions, to verify the identity of an individual by accessing identity information held about that individual by a holder agency.

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