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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Penalty unit - Wikipedia

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    Penalty units note in reg 256 of ROAD RULES 2014, New South Wales, Australia. A penalty unit (PU) is a standard amount of money used to compute penalties for many breaches of law in Australia at both the federal, and state and territory level.

  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. Mass surveillance in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Mass surveillance in Australia takes place in several network media, including telephone, internet, and other communications networks, financial systems, [1] vehicle and transit networks, international travel, utilities, and government schemes and services including those asking citizens to report on themselves [2] [3] or other citizens.

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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.