Following the registration of Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Act 2024, the name ‘Data Recipient Accreditor’ has changed to ‘CDR Accreditor’. We are working towards making this name change in all ACCC documentation, guidelines and online information.

Until this is completed, the term ‘Data Recipient Accreditor’ should be read as a reference to ‘CDR Accreditor’. The name change does not change the functions and powers of the CDR Accreditor or impact applications, data recipients, data holders or consumers.

On-boarding process

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) manages the on-boarding process.

Providers work with the ACCC to establish CDR Participant Portal access. Once access is to the CDR Participant Portal is granted, providers go through either the accreditation (if they are a data recipient) or registration (if they are a data holder) process. After either accreditation or registration is complete, providers must then complete the on-boarding process to set them up to participate in the system. Once providers completely the on-boarding process, they are ready to participate in the system.

Before you begin

Before you can begin on-boarding, make sure:

Step-by-step process

A summary of the on-boarding process is provided here. Consult the on-boarding guide for more information on the steps and actions.

  1. Accept PKI certificate agreements

    Carefully read the PKI certificate Subscriber Agreement, Relying Party Agreement and Trade Mark License Agreement

    The Subscriber agreement and Relying Party agreement are non-negotiable and need to be signed and accepted before the provider can proceed to the next step of the on-boarding process.
    The Trade Mark Licence agreement must be signed and accepted if the provider is a data recipient or both data holder and data recipient.

     

  2. Enter participation details

    Log into the Participant Portal and ensure that your participation details, including brand and software products, have been captured accurately.

  3. Enrol in the Consumer Data Right Conformance Test Suite

    A Conformance Test Suite enrolment form will be made available to you when you begin on-boarding. Use the enrolment form to provide technical details of the environment you will test in, provide a Certificate Signing Request for a test certificate and accept the Consumer Data Right Conformance Test Suite Acknowledgement.

  4. Confirm your environment is configured and available for testing

    Your environment needs to be set up and configured to allow communication with the Conformance Test Suite. Infrastructure changes, such as firewall rules or IP whitelisting, may need to be performed, as well as configuring the test certificate provided by the ACCC.

  5. Complete Conformance Test Suite conformance testing

    Read the Conformance Test Suite guidance material for more information about conducting conformance testing

  6. Provide technical details of production environment

    Using the Participant Portal, provide details of your production environment, including a Certificate Signing Request for a production certificate, authentication details and endpoints.

  7. Confirm production environment and readiness

    Your primary business contact confirms your production environment is in place and configured, with your solution ready to participate in the Consumer Data Right system. This includes confirming installation of your production certificate provided by the ACCC.

  8. Receive Registrar activation on the Consumer Data Right Register

    The ACCC activates the provider on the Register once it has confirmation that all on-boarding steps have been completed and required information has been provided.

  9. Participate

    Once active, you can participate in the CDR system.

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