How to complain

What to include in your complaint

To help us investigate efficiently, please include the following in your complaint:

You do not need to use any specific form. An email to privacy@obsidia.com.au with the information above is sufficient.

Privacy Officer
Subject line
Privacy Complaint — [your name]
Location
Sydney, Australia
What happens next

Our complaints process

1
Acknowledgement
We will acknowledge receipt of your complaint and provide a reference number. We may contact you to clarify the nature of your complaint or gather further information.
Within 5 business days of receipt
2
Investigation
The Privacy Officer will investigate the complaint. This may involve reviewing records, speaking with relevant staff, and assessing our practices against the Australian Privacy Principles. We will keep you informed of progress where the investigation takes longer than expected.
3
Resolution
We will provide a written response setting out our findings and, where the complaint is upheld, the steps we will take to remedy the issue. Remedies may include correcting your personal information, providing access, changing our processes, or providing an explanation and apology.
Within 30 days of receipt
4
OAIC escalation
If you are not satisfied with our response, or if we have not resolved your complaint within 30 days, you may escalate your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). The OAIC can be contacted at oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints or by calling 1300 363 992. There is no fee for making a complaint to the OAIC.
Extensions

When we may take longer

In complex cases — for example, where the complaint involves multiple parties, requires external legal advice, or requires us to review extensive records — we may need more than 30 days to resolve the complaint. If this occurs we will:

We will not extend beyond 60 days without your agreement or unless required by law.

Anonymous complaints

Can I complain anonymously?

You may make a complaint anonymously or using a pseudonym. However, this may limit our ability to investigate and respond to your complaint, particularly where we need to verify which records relate to you or contact you with our findings.

If you make an anonymous complaint, we will still investigate where it is reasonably practicable to do so and will take any systemic issues identified seriously.

OAIC

Escalating to the OAIC

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is the independent regulator responsible for the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, the OAIC can investigate privacy complaints for free.

Before the OAIC will generally consider a complaint, it expects that you have first raised the matter directly with the organisation concerned and given them a reasonable opportunity to respond.

OAIC contact details:
Website: oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints
Phone: 1300 363 992
Post: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001
Related

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