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INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 165 Privacy complaint may be made or referred to information commissioner

INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 165

Privacy complaint may be made or referred to information commissioner

165 Privacy complaint may be made or referred to information commissioner

(1) An individual whose personal information is, or at any time has been, held by a relevant entity may make a privacy complaint to the information commissioner.
(2) Also, a privacy complaint may be referred to the commissioner by any of the following entities—
(a) the ombudsman;
(b) the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ;
(c) the human rights commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ;
(d) a person or other entity having responsibilities, under a law of another State or the Commonwealth that corresponds to this Act, that correspond to the responsibilities of the commissioner under this Act;
(e) any other commission or external review body that has received the privacy complaint in performing its functions under a law.
(3) As soon as practicable after receiving a privacy complaint made or referred under this section, the commissioner must advise the relevant entity the subject of the complaint.