Privacy bill landmark legislation to strengthen privacy 69507766482
Published: 1-Oct-24
Privacy Bill: Landmark legislation to strengthen privacy
The Government has introduced landmark legislation to strengthen privacy. The Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 implements a first tranche of agreed recommendations from the Privacy Act Review, including: • new criminal offences to outlaw doxing • greater transparency for individuals regarding automated decisions that affect them • streamlined information sharing in the case of an emergency or eligible data breach • a new statutory tort to address serious invasions of privacy • a Children's Online Privacy Code. The Bill will be subject to further targeted consultation and is unlikely to pass this year. More consumer-friendly and ambitious privacy measures will be delayed until a second tranche of reform unlikely to be introduced before a 2025 election.
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