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OAIC

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner · Australia

Privacy Act 1988SOCI Act
3/5
Enforcement style
20–40%
Typical fine (% of max)
12–36 months
Avg. investigation
Not available
Cases tracked

Enforcement behaviour

OAIC — Office of the Australian Information Commissioner — covers Australia. The directory lists Privacy Act 1988, SOCI Act among its areas of focus.

Priority sectors: Financial services · Health · Telco · Data brokers. First civil penalty actions 2023 — Latitude Financial; Medibank criminal referral.

Cooperation and leniency: Investigation-first — cooperative resolution possible.

Notable decisions

Facebook Cambridge Analytica AUD $20M (2023)
Privacy Act 1988 / SOCI Act · Directory example