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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
freedom of information functions, in particular, oversight of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 [4] (FOI Act) and review of decisions made by agencies and ministers under that Act; government information policy functions, conferred on the Australian Information Commissioner under the Australian Information Commissioner Act ...
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]
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 ...
The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that amends the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (original Act) and the Telecommunications Act 1997 to introduce a statutory obligation for Australian telecommunication service providers (TSPs) to retain, for a period of two years, particular ...