Bill
Privacy Amendment (Re-identification Offence) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-10-12
- second reading — 2016-10-12
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-10-12.
The bill would create new criminal offences for deliberately re-identifying personal information that government agencies have published without identifying details.
Anyone who re-identifies such information would have to tell the responsible agency, stop using or sharing it, and follow the agency's instructions on handling it.
The offences would apply from 29 September 2016, and a breach could lead to up to two years in prison or a fine of 120 penalty units.
- Prohibits intentionally re-identifying de-identified personal information published by responsible agencies.
- Prohibits intentionally disclosing re-identified personal information.
- Requires an entity that re-identifies such information to notify the responsible agency, cease any other use or disclosure, and comply with agency directions.
- Imposes criminal penalties of up to two years imprisonment or 120 penalty units for re-identification or disclosure offences.
- Imposes civil penalties of up to 600 penalty units for re-identification or disclosure offences.
- Gives the Attorney-General power to exempt entities from the offences by legislative instrument after consulting the Australian Information Commissioner.
Entities that handle de-identified personal information published by responsible agencies.
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