Privacy Awareness Week is an annual event that seeks to highlight the importance of safeguarding personal information and facilitates the negotiation of the privacy landscape by public sector organisations and the general public.
The OIC will mark Privacy Awareness Week 2024 from Monday 6 May to Sunday 12 May.
The chosen theme for Privacy Awareness Week 2024 is "power up your privacy". This theme sits under the overarching theme of Privacy and technology: Improving transparency, accountability and security.
For statements on this year's theme visit the below links:
To celebrate Privacy Awareness Week 2024, below is a list of events being held that you can join in remotely:
We encourage you to promote PAW within your agencies this year, and provide the resources below to help:
Additional information about Privacy Awareness Week 2024 is available at paw.gov.au.