---
title: "Privacy and FOI and AI: South Australia"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/ai-rules/b9-privacy-sa"
type: "ai_rule"
site: "AI Law Framework"
issuer: "Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)"
status: "Government guidance"
jurisdiction: "South Australia"
source: "https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/protective-security-framework/information-management/privacy"
---

# Privacy and FOI and AI: South Australia

> Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia), South Australia.

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## About this rule

- Issuer: Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)
- Type: Government guidance
- Date basis: regime summary checked 10 Oct 2026
- Jurisdiction: [South Australia](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/south-australia.md)

## Summary

No privacy statute; Information Privacy Principles Instruction (Premier and Cabinet Circular PC012) binds agencies. FOI: Freedom of Information Act 1991 (SA). SA agencies follow the IPPs Instruction and the SA Privacy Committee. Private firms fall under the Cth Act. No SA-specific AI privacy guidance found. Checked 2026-10-10.

## Points recorded from the source

- No privacy statute; Information Privacy Principles Instruction (Premier and Cabinet Circular PC012) binds agencies
- FOI: Freedom of Information Act 1991 (SA)
- SA DPC: Information privacy — https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/protective-security-framework/information-management/privacy
- Ombudsman SA (FOI) — https://www.ombudsman.sa.gov.au/

## Verify note

Statute names from official sources; how they apply to AI is a summary to verify.

## Source

[Read the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia) source](https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/protective-security-framework/information-management/privacy)

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