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Appendix F: Acronyms and abbreviations

Acronym or abbreviation

Expanded term

AAT

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

AFP

Australian Federal Police

AHRC

Australian Human Rights Commission

AIAC

Association of Information and Access Commissioners

AIC

Australian Institute of Criminology

AIC Act

Australian Information Commission Act 2010

AICmr

Australian Information Commissioner

ANAO

Australian National Audit Office

APP

Australian Privacy Principle

APPA

Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities

APS

Australian Public Service

ASIC

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

ATO

Australian Taxation Office

AustLII

Australasian Legal Information Institute

CBA

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Limited

CCTV

Closed circuit television

CDR

Consumer Data Right

CII

Commissioner initiated investigation

Coles

Coles Supermarkets Australia

CPN

Consumer Privacy Network

CR Code

Privacy (Credit Reporting) Code 2014 (v2)

Data-matching Act

Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990

DESSFB

Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

DHS

Department of Human Services

DIPB

Department of Immigration and Border Protection

DVA

Department of Veterans’ Affairs

DVS

Document Verification Service

EOT

Extensions of time

FOI

Freedom of information

FOI Act

Freedom of Information Act 1982

FTE

Full-time equivalent

GST

Goods and Services Tax

IC

Information Commissioner

ICIC

International Conference of Information Commissioners

ICDPPC

International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

ICON

Information Contact Officer Network

ICT

Information and communications technology

Information Commissioner

Australian Information Commissioner, within the meaning of the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010.

Information Privacy Act

Information Privacy Act 2014 (ACT)

IPS

Information Publication Scheme

KMP

Key management personnel

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MYEFO

Mid‑Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

My Health Records Act

My Health Records Act 2012

National Health Act

National Health Act 1953

National Health (Privacy) Rules

National Health (Privacy) Rules 2018

NDB

Notifiable Data Breaches

NEIDM

Non-Employment Income Data Matching

NFBMC

National Facial Biometric Matching Capability

NSW

New South Wales

NPP

National Privacy Principle

OAIC

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

PAA

Privacy Authorities Australia

PAW

Privacy Awareness Week

PAYG

Pay-As-You-Go

PGPA Act

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

PGPA Rule

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

PID

Public interest determination

PPN

Privacy Professionals’ Network

Privacy Act

Privacy Act 1988

Privacy Code

Privacy (Australian Government Agencies — Governance) APP Code 2017

RACGP

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Registrar

Student Identifiers Registrar

SA

South Australia

SES

Senior Executive Service

SME

Small and medium enterprises

TPPs

Territory Privacy Principles

USI

Unique Student Identifiers

WHS

Workplace health and safety

Woolworths

Woolworths Limited