OAIC’s digital ID regulatory strategy

The Office of the Australian Information Commission (OAIC) is the privacy regulator of Australia’s Digital ID System and other APP identity-related entities.

The OAIC has created a theory of change-based Regulatory Strategy that explains how the activities undertaken will contribute to our vision as privacy regulator of Australia’s Digital ID System and other APP identity-related entities.

The Digital ID regulatory strategy describes how the OAIC proposes to use its regulatory powers to build trust and confidence in Australia’s Digital ID System and make ID verification in Australia more secure and privacy protective. OAIC’s vision as privacy regulator of Australia’s Digital ID system and as privacy regulator of entities that routinely verify individuals’ identity ensures:

         i.            Australians recognise and avoid unsafe identity verification practices

       ii.            Organisations shift to more secure and privacy protecting methods of identity verification

     iii.            Australians trust their privacy is protected when using Australia’s digital ID system