OAIC Guidance And How Private Sector Organisations Can Prepare

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published guidance on the new automated decision-making (ADM) transparency requirements under the Privacy Act. This includes a practical framework for determining when disclosures are required in privacy policies. The new requirements commence on 10 December, leaving organisations little time to assess their systems and prepare for compliance.

In our previous article, we explored what the OAIC’s guidance means for government agencies. For agencies, the focus is often on administrative decision-making, transparency and accountability in exercising public functions.

For private sector organisations, however, the compliance challenge is somewhat different.