Mr Timothy PILGRIM, PSM

Timothy Pilgrim was appointed Privacy Commissioner of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner on 19 July 2010 after being Deputy Privacy Commissioner since February 1998. Prior to that he held senior management positions in a range of Australian Government agencies, including the Small Business Programme within the Australian Taxation Office and the Child Support Agency.

Timothy has made a significant contribution to the field of privacy in Australia. His achievements include involvement in developing the private sector provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and he also played a key role in implementing the private sector provisions, which took effect on 21 December 2001. More recently, Timothy has participated in the Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into Australian privacy laws and practice, and continues to work on privacy law reform.

Timothy has worked at the international level to ensure that Australia is equipped to deal with global privacy challenges.

Timothy was awarded a Public Service Medal in the 2015 Australia Day Honours List for ‘outstanding public service in the development and implementation of major reforms to the Privacy Act 1988’.

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