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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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    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 Australia: Not applicable — South Australia does not have ...

  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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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The office has the power to conduct privacy audits of Australian and ACT Government agencies ...

  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. Misleading or deceptive conduct - Wikipedia

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    Misleading or deceptive conduct (often referred to as just misleading conduct) is a doctrine of Australian law.. Section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law, [1] which is found in schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, [2] [3] prohibits conduct by corporations in trade or commerce which is misleading or deceptive or is likely to mislead or deceive.

  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.