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In this section you will find current news from the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner.
Latest updates
Final report on the Inquiry into Workplace Surveillance has been published Updated 11/06/2025
New FOI Access Charges Regulations has been published Updated 03/06/2025
Communique for Association of Information Access Commissioners meeting now available has been published Updated 11/04/2025
Public Sector leaders must invest in data governance and proactive disclosure: Joint statement by Information Commissioners and Ombudsmen has been published Updated 03/12/2024
OVIC attends the 62nd Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Forum has been published Updated 29/11/2024
OVIC’s 2023-24 annual report tabled in Victorian Parliament has been published Updated 31/10/2024
OVIC and PROV issue joint statement on minimising the privacy impacts of an incident has been published Updated 21/10/2024
‘Mainstreaming’ access to information a must for IAID 2024: Joint statement by Information commissioners and ombudsmen has been published Updated 26/09/2024
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