Crimes Act 1914

Part IAA - Search, information gathering, arrest and related powers (other than powers under delayed notification search warrants)  

Division 1 - Preliminary  

SECTION 3CAA   Account-based data  

(1)    
For the purposes of this Part, if:

(a)    an electronic service has accounts for end-users; and

(b)    either:

(i) a person holds an account with the electronic service; or

(ii) a person is, or is likely to be, a user of an account with the electronic service; and

(c)    the person can (with the use of appropriate equipment) access particular data provided by the service;

the data is account-based data in relation to the person.

(2)    
For the purposes of this Part, if:

(a)    an electronic service has accounts for end-users; and

(b)    either:

(i) a deceased person held, before the person ' s death, an account with the electronic service; or

(ii) a deceased person, before the person ' s death, was, or was likely to be, a user of an account with the electronic service; and

(c)    the deceased person could, before the person ' s death (with the use of appropriate equipment), access particular data provided by the service;

the data is account-based data in relation to the deceased person.

(3)    

For the purposes of this section, account has the same meaning as in the Online Safety Act 2021 .