Privacy Impact Assessments for Open Source Collection Tools and Additional Tools, dated 1 April 2025 part 1 part 2

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This FOI release is a Privacy Impact Assessment prepared by Griffin Legal for the Department of Home Affairs, dated 1 April 2025 (final version v.05), covering the Department's and the Australian Border Force's use of commercial open-source collection tools for intelligence and investigative purposes. Named tools include Maltego, ShadowDragon SocialNet, Authentic8 Silo with ToolboxDW, Web-IQ Voyager and DarkCloud, Babel Street Insights and Locate X, and Sprinklr. The assessment makes 11 recommendations, including updating the Privacy Policy, a Security Risk Assessment, data breach response planning and a post-implementation audit. It analyses compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles, notably APP 3, APP 5 (notification may be excused where it would jeopardise investigations), APP 6, APP 8 (overseas disclosure) and APP 11. Substantial portions are redacted, and the excerpt contains no visa subclass, detention or operational statistics.