The Australian government is weighing stringent new privacy reforms that would establish among the steepest penalty regimes in the world for serious or repeated breaches.
On Oct. 26, Australia’s Attorney General Mark Dreyfus brought forth before parliament the “Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022,” proposing significant amendments to the country’s 1988 Privacy Act. On Nov. 9, the bill passed the House of Representatives without amendment and moved to the Senate. The Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs will review the bill and is scheduled to issue its report Nov. 22.
