Commissioner may decide not to deal with privacy complaint
39 Commissioner may decide not to deal with privacy complaint
The information privacy commissioner may decide not to deal with a privacy complaint if the commissioner is reasonably satisfied—
the act or practice the subject of the complaint is not an interference with an individual’s privacy; or
the complaint was made more than 12 months after the complainant became aware of the act or practice; or
the complaint is frivolous, vexatious, misconceived, lacking in substance or not made in good faith; or
the act or practice is the subject of an application under another territory law, or a State or Commonwealth law, and the substance of the complaint has been, or is being, dealt with adequately under that law; or
the complaint would be better dealt with under another territory law, or a State or Commonwealth law; or
dealing, or further dealing, with the act or practice is not warranted having regard to all the circumstances; or
the complainant has complained to the respondent about the act or practice and—
the respondent has dealt, or is dealing, adequately with the complaint; or
the respondent has not yet had an adequate opportunity to deal with the complaint.
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