Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 (197 of 2012)

Schedule 4   Other amendments of the Privacy Act 1988

50   Sections 13E and 13F

Repeal the sections, substitute:

13E Effect of sections 13B, 13C and 13D

Sections 13B, 13C and 13D do not prevent an act or practice of an organisation from being an interference with the privacy of an individual under subsection 13(2), (4) or (5).

13F Act or practice not covered by section 13 is not an interference with privacy

An act or practice that is not covered by section 13 is not an interference with the privacy of an individual .

13G Serious and repeated interferences with privacy

An entity contravenes this subsection if:

(a) the entity does an act, or engages in a practice, that is a serious interference with the privacy of an individual; or

(b) the entity repeatedly does an act, or engages in a practice, that is an interference with the privacy of one or more individuals.

Civil penalty: 2,000 penalty units.