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The OAIC’s powers include accepting enforceable undertakings, seeking civil penalties in the case of serious or repeated breaches of privacy, and conducting assessments of privacy performance for both Australian Government agencies and businesses.
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 ...
These reforms simplified the process for accessing government information, tightened the exemptions to information release, strengthened independent oversight and review of FOI administration, promoted proactive publication of government information, and clearly stated the open government object of the FOI Act.
Australia on Thursday proposed an overhaul of consumer privacy rules that will help facilitate targeted data sharing between telecommunication firms and banks following a massive data breach at ...
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;
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 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.
The Australian Government did not invoke the provisions of the statute until 1942. The High Court also followed the decisions of the Privy Council during the first half of the twentieth century. Complete legislative independence was finally established by the Australia Act 1986, passed by the United Kingdom Parliament. It removed the ...