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Australia: OAIC welcomes privacy law reforms
On September 12, 2024, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) released a statement welcoming the reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 (No. 119, 1988) (as amended) (the Privacy Act) proposed in the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024.
The OAIC explained that the bill, introduced to Parliament on September 12, 2024, would:
strengthen the OAIC's enforcement toolkit, which will include a new mid-tier civil penalty for interferences with privacy and a low-level civil penalty provision for specific administrative breaches of the Privacy Act with attached infringement notice powers;
require the OAIC to develop a new Children's Online Privacy Code to enhance privacy protections for children in the online environment, particularly when using digital platforms; and
introduce a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy, which would address gaps in the existing privacy protection framework and address current and emerging privacy risks and harms such as doxxing.
You can read the press release here.
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