AustraliaPrivacy Act 1988 (Cth), Civil Penalty for Interference with Privacy
In force since .
An enforcement supervision rule binding public and private bodies.
- Private right of action
- No
- Enforcement body
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
As of .
What it requires
- Do not do an act, or engage in a practice, that is an interference with the privacy of an individual.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
In the frameworks
- NIST Privacy Framework
- GV.PO-P5Legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements regarding privacy are understood and managed.
Our reading of where this law's duties sit in each framework. It never says that running a control meets the law. How we read a framework against the law
What this law does
Section 13H makes any interference with the privacy of an individual a civil penalty provision with a maximum penalty of 2,000 penalty units. The Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 inserted section 13H, and the Schedule 1 items that did so commenced on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app crawls the web, trains models, sends automated outreach, generates content with AI, processes biometric data or makes high-risk automated decisions.