Dr Sam H has a vast array of experience in the legal field, specializing in areas such as privacy, data protection, and international humanitarian law. Currently serving as a Lawyer at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Dr H has previously held roles as a Senior Research Fellow at The University of Queensland and a Senior Manager at KPMG Australia. With a Doctor of Philosophy in International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law, Dr H has also been actively involved in various organizations and served on several boards, demonstrating a strong commitment to human rights and legal education.
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is the independent national regulator for privacy and freedom of information. Our purpose is to uphold privacy and information access rights. As an independent statutory agency, the OAIC’s work is of national significance and plays an important role in shaping Australia’s information handling landscape across the economy – from government, digital platforms and the online environment, to health, finance and telecommunications. We are an agency within the Attorney-General Department’s portfolio with responsibility for: • privacy functions under the Privacy Act 1988 and other legislation • freedom of information, in particular review of decisions made by agencies and ministers under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.