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The Privacy Act 1988 is an Australian law dealing with privacy.Section 14 of the Act stipulates a number of privacy rights known as the Australian Privacy Principles ...
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 ...
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
The Australia Act 1986 is the short title of each of a pair of separate but related pieces of legislation: one an act of the Parliament of Australia, the other an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In Australia they are referred to, respectively, as the Australia Act 1986 (Cth) [n 1] and the Australia Act 1986 (UK).
Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday social media firms would be required to destroy personal data used to verify ages of users, as part of what the government says is a world ...
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 ...
The Act specifically precludes sharing of data under the scheme for law enforcement-related purposes or national security purposes. [8] If the shared data includes personal information, privacy protections also apply. [8] [9] The Act permits sharing of data under the scheme for three purposes only: [8] delivery of government services;
The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which guarantees freedom of information (FOI) and the rights of access to official documents of the Commonwealth Government and of its agencies to members of the public. It was passed by the Australian Parliament on 9 March 1982, and commenced on 1 December 1982.