Defence Privacy Group, People Systems And Payroll Services Correspondence 319/24/25 - Documents (pdf, 3.4 Mb)

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This Defence FOI release contains correspondence from February-March 2024 regarding privacy governance implications following an Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) determination that the Department of Veterans' Affairs had contravened privacy obligations in their use of veteran data under the Mates Program. Defence Privacy advised that technical changes to data arrangements with DVA warranted a new Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) under Defence's privacy obligations, with substantive review of existing legislative and policy content. The correspondence references Senate Estimates questioning on 14 February 2024 and an ongoing Federal Court class action being pursued by Gordon Legal. The release includes internal email exchanges between Defence Privacy and People Systems and Payroll Services Branch regarding an OAIC response draft (CP23 02751), with most sender and recipient details redacted under section 47E(d). The documents show Defence's consideration of privacy compliance requirements in the context of inter-departmental data sharing arrangements.