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Privacy Act 2020

Miscellaneous provisions - General

202: Commissioner may require agency to supply information

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"The Commissioner can ask organisations for information to help answer public questions about personal data."

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The Commissioner can ask an agency to give them information so they can answer questions from the public about personal information the agency holds. You might want to know who to contact at the agency, so the Commissioner can ask the agency for the name and contact details of their privacy officer, who was appointed under section 201. The Commissioner can also ask the agency for any other information they need to know about the personal information the agency holds.

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Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
General

202Commissioner may require agency to supply information

  1. For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner to respond to inquiries from the public about personal information held by an agency, the Commissioner may require an agency to supply—

  2. the name and contact details of the agency’s privacy officer appointed under section 201; and
    1. any other information that the Commissioner reasonably requires in relation to the personal information held by the agency.

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