Privacy impact assessments

Read our department’s privacy impact assessment (PIA) register.

We publish a register of all PIAs we conduct.

A PIA is a systematic assessment of a project’s impact on the privacy of individuals. It identifies steps for minimising that impact.

PIAs are compulsory for projects with a new or changed way of handling personal information that is likely to have a significant impact on the privacy of individuals.

Privacy impact assessment register

The table below is a register of all PIAs conducted since 1 July 2018 by our department and the following portfolio agencies and offices:

  • Chief Scientist
  • Chief Metrologist and National Measurement Institute
  • Anti-Dumping Commissioner and Commission
  • Anti-Dumping Review Panel
  • National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator
  • Innovation and Science Australia and associated committees
  • Australian Industry Participation Authority
  • Questacon
  • Australian Space Agency.
Date PIA finalised Responsible agency Description of project
8 May 2025 Department of Industry, Science, and Resources Agency transition to the Department of Industry, Science, and Resources Shared Service Hub – Payroll Shared Services Agreement.
4 April 2025 Department of Industry, Science, and Resources Questacon replacing IT systems with a single unified platform, QHub, provided by Salesforce.
12 July 2023 Department of Industry, Science and Resources Assessment of the privacy impacts of an end-to-end talent acquisition platform and HR analytics software for the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
16 June 2022 Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources Use of the Facebook Mega Pixel for the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources’ social media advertising campaigns.
2 August 2021 Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources Consultation activities conducted for the purposes of the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Project.
6 November 2020 Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources Assessment of the privacy impacts of the Payment Times Reporting Bill 2020 which received Royal Assent as the Payment Times Reporting Act 2020 commencing on 1 January 2021.
23 August 2018 Department of Industry Innovation and Science Provision of Payroll and Contact Centre Shared Services relating to ongoing management and protection of sensitive data for Australian Institute of Family Studies.
15 February 2018 Department of Industry Innovation and Science TechOne related Shared Services for Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.
31 October 2017 Department of Industry Innovation and Science Provision of Payroll and Contact Centre Shared Services relating to ongoing management and protection of sensitive data for Department of Communication and the Arts.

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