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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 ...
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 Minister, in the instrument, may also designate a ‘gateway’, or multiple ‘gateways’ to facilitate the transfer of data between a data holder and accredited data recipient or the consumer; [15] a gateway typically would be an Australian Government entity, or a body within the effective control of the Australian Government or an ...
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 ...
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 right to privacy is an element of various legal traditions that intends to restrain governmental and private actions that threaten the privacy of individuals. [1] [failed verification] [2] Over 185 national constitutions mention the right to privacy. [3]
Financial privacy laws in the United States; HTLINGUAL, a former CIA project to intercept mail destined for the Soviet Union and China. Mass surveillance in the United States. U.S. government databases; MAINWAY, an NSA database containing metadata for billions of calls made over the Verizon and AT&T networks.