Australia: Long-awaited privacy and other legislation

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Government proposes first phase of long-awaited reformsPrivacy Act 1988(No.)(“privacy laws“) to be submitted to Parliament on September 12, 2024.

thisPrivacy and other legislation amendments 2024(“bill“) was released two years after the Attorney General’s report (“review》) put forward 116 suggestions for reforming the Privacy Act. Government response to review in September 2023 (“reply”), “agreed” to the 38 proposals that were implemented first, 23 of which are addressed in this bill. Please see our summary table for more details on how the new bill addresses the various proposals in the responses.

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