---
title: "Privacy and FOI and AI: Victoria"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/ai-rules/b9-privacy-vic"
type: "ai_rule"
site: "AI Law Framework"
issuer: "Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner"
status: "Government guidance"
jurisdiction: "Victoria"
source: "https://ovic.vic.gov.au/privacy/resources-for-organisations/artificial-intelligence-understanding-privacy-obligations/"
---

# Privacy and FOI and AI: Victoria

> Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, Victoria.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/ai-rules/b9-privacy-vic

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## About this rule

- Issuer: Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner
- Type: Government guidance
- Date basis: regime summary checked 10 Oct 2026
- Jurisdiction: [Victoria](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/victoria.md)

## Summary

Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (IPPs; Victorian Protective Data Security Standards); Health Records Act 2001. FOI: Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic). OVIC guidance covers AI privacy obligations and enterprise GenAI tools in the Victorian public sector. VLA tells panel practitioners how to protect privacy and data. Checked 2026-10-10.

## Points recorded from the source

- Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (IPPs; Victorian Protective Data Security Standards); Health Records Act 2001
- FOI: Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic)
- OVIC: AI – understanding privacy obligations — https://ovic.vic.gov.au/privacy/resources-for-organisations/artificial-intelligence-understanding-privacy-obligations/
- OVIC: Enterprise GenAI tools in the Victorian public sector — https://ovic.vic.gov.au/privacy/resources-for-organisations/use-of-enterprise-generative-ai-tools-in-the-victorian-public-sector/
- VLA: Privacy and data obligations for panel practitioners — https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/protecting-privacy-and-data-security-obligations-panel-practitioners

## Verify note

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

## Source

[Read the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner source](https://ovic.vic.gov.au/privacy/resources-for-organisations/artificial-intelligence-understanding-privacy-obligations/)

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