This Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) we explore privacy through the theme Trust and Transparency. This speaks to the consumer and community trust that flows to organisations who handle personal information transparently, and with care, throughout the information life cycle.

Privacy is rarely about secrecy, but is about transparency, security, and choice. It’s about organisations being up-front about their personal information handling practices so that individuals can make informed choices about how they share their information. And it’s about respecting customer trust by maintaining strong security and information handling practices throughout the life cycle of personal data.

This builds public and customer confidence, as it shows that privacy rights are being respected and protected. And that is essential to the both public and private sector organisations alike.

This PAW we will get a timely update on how Australian community and consumer trust in privacy is travelling, when we release the latest report in the longest-running national privacy survey, the Australian Community Attitudes to Privacy Survey (ACAPS).