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What is a Privacy Officer?
Every organisation, from small private sector companies to large government departments, is responsible for ensuring that it has a privacy officer.
In most businesses an existing staff member should be able to act as the privacy officer.
A large company with offices in different cities may need a privacy officer in each location, while a large government department may need several full-time privacy officers.
Privacy officers encourage compliance with the Privacy Act, train staff in privacy matters, monitor the agency’s policies to check compliance, handle requests for and general issues about personal information, and work with the Privacy Commissioner when she is investigating a privacy complaint against the organisation.