Angelene Falk is the Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner. She commenced in the role in August 2018 and was reappointed for a second 3-year term in 2021.

She leads the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) in fulfilling its functions across privacy, freedom of information and government information management.

Ms Falk works extensively with Australian Government agencies, the private sector and international organisations to address regulatory challenges and opportunities presented by rapidly evolving technology and potential uses of data. Her experience extends across industries and subject matters, including data breach prevention and management, data sharing, credit reporting, digital health and access to information.

Ms Falk is a member of the National Data Advisory Council and Digital Platform Regulators Forum. She has advanced the protection of Australians’ privacy through her work on international privacy bodies, helping shape global data protection policies and cross border initiatives. She was the inaugural chair of the Global Privacy Assembly’s (GPA) Strategic Direction Sub Committee and served two terms as a member of the GPA’s Executive Committee from 2018 to 2022.

Ms Falk was admitted as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1998 and holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, a Bachelor of Arts, a Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.