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  2. Privacy Act 1988 - Wikipedia

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    Section 14 of the Act stipulates a number of privacy rights known ... maximum penalties for data breaches and enhanced enforcement powers for the Office of the ...

  3. Privacy in Australian law - Wikipedia

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    It is unclear if a tort of invasion of privacy exists under Australian law. [4] The ALRC summarised the position in 2007: [2]: para 5.12, 5.14 "In Australia, no jurisdiction has enshrined in legislation a cause of action for invasion of privacy; however, the door to the development of such a cause of action at common law has been left open by the High Court in Australian Broadcasting ...

  4. Penalty unit - Wikipedia

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    1 July 2024: Annual on 1 July, based on CPI for Darwin. [8] Australian Capital Territory: A$160.00 (individual) [9] 8 November 2018: Every four years. [9] A$810.00 (companies) [9] Western Australia: Various — Penalty units are set for different categories of legislation. [10] Traffic offences generally incur a penalty unit of A$50. [11] South ...

  5. Privacy law - Wikipedia

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    The main legislation over personal data privacy for the personal and private sector in Switzerland is the Swiss Federal Protection Act, specifically the Data Protection Act, a specific section under the Swiss Federal Protection Act. The Data Protection Act has been enacted since 1992 and is in charge of measuring the consent of sharing of ...

  6. Office of the Australian Information Commissioner - Wikipedia

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  7. Australian legal system - Wikipedia

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    Australia Act 1986 (United Kingdom) document, located in Parliament House, Canberra. Following a number of constitutional conventions during the 1890s to develop a federal nation from the several colonies, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (Imp) was passed and came into force on 1 January 1901. Section 9 of this act contains ...

  8. Human rights in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Human rights are protected through various statutory enactments in a broad variety of specific contexts. For example, there are statutes which prescribe and regulate police powers, [13] use of personal information, [14] secret recording of conversations, [15] equal treatment when buying goods and services, [16] consumer rights, [17] and many other statutes.

  9. Criminal law of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Criminal Code (WA) is a complete codification of Western Australia's criminal law. The code is substantially similar to Queensland's criminal code and was constructed with close reference to the Griffith code. Section 4 in appendix B of the Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913 (WA) provides that: [25]