Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (128 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Privacy reforms

Part 6   Overseas data flows

Privacy Act 1988

38   At the end of clause 8 of Schedule 1 (after the note)

Add:

8.3 This subclause applies in relation to the disclosure of personal information (the relevant personal information ) about an individual by an APP entity to an overseas recipient if:

(a) the recipient of the relevant personal information is:

(i) subject to the laws of a country that is prescribed by the regulations; or

(ii) a participant in a binding scheme that is prescribed by the regulations; and

(b) if the country or binding scheme is prescribed subject to conditions - those conditions are satisfied.

Note: There are prerequisites that must be satisfied before the matters mentioned in this subclause are prescribed: see subsection 100(1A).