FOI Decision Letter. Documents Regarding Exchanging Data With The Department Of Veterans’ Affairs.

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The ATO received an FOI request on 14 December 2024 seeking documents relating to data sharing arrangements between the ATO and the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) over the preceding ten years (2014–2024). The request sought comprehensive records including: all data transfer agreements, memoranda of understanding, and service-level agreements; internal correspondence and meeting minutes documenting data exchanges; policies and procedures governing how the ATO requests, stores, and uses DVA client information; ethics approvals and privacy impact assessments; business cases and strategy papers explaining the intended uses of DVA data; and de-identified samples of data received. The scope encompassed personal, medical, financial, and service-related information concerning veterans and dependents, whether transferred as one-off exchanges or systematic ongoing transfers. This decision letter initiates the ATO's formal response to the request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.