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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Authorised information matching programmes

174: Purpose of this subpart

You could also call this:

“This section explains when agencies can compare personal information from different sources”

This part of the law allows agencies to compare personal information. They can only do this if it’s part of an approved information matching programme. An information matching programme is a way to check if information from different sources matches up. The law says it’s okay for agencies to do this, but only if they follow the rules.

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Part 7 Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Authorised information matching programmes

174Purpose of this subpart

  1. The purpose of this subpart is to authorise agencies to compare personal information in accordance with an authorised information matching programme.