Office of the Privacy Commissioner | Releasing personal information to Police and law enforcement agencies (updated April 2024)
Our guidance on "Releasing personal information to Police and law enforcement agencies: Guidance on health and safety and Maintenance of the law exceptions" was updated in April 2024.
You may also find these links useful:
- Read the Privacy Commissioner's Commentary on R v Alsford: voluntary requests for personal information by law enforcement agencies (2018).
- Supreme Court's Alsford decision affirms role of the Privacy Act (blog post, 2018).