Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has received his fifth three-month extension for his other position, acting information commissioner, ZDNet reports. Pilgrim is set to be reappointed next week, and since his current term expired July 19, Australia will technically be without an information commissioner until Pilgrim is confirmed back into office. "The attorney-general has reappointed Mr. Timothy Pilgrim PSM as the acting Australian information commissioner for three months from 25 July 2016," a department representative said. "During the period between 19 July and 25 July, Mr. Pilgrim will return to his role as privacy commissioner. He will continue to manage the affairs of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, and can undertake functions and exercise the commissioner’s powers under the Privacy Act 1988 and the Freedom of Information Act 1982."
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