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Tasmania’s privacy law review gets underway to plug ‘multiple gaps’ | @justinrhendry
Tasmania's privacy law review gets underway to plug 'multiple gaps'
A major review of Tasmania’s privacy laws is underway to address “multiple gaps” in existing legislation, as the fallout continues over a hack against a third-party provider that compromised state government data. The review, to be conducted by the University of Tasmania’s Tasmanian Law Reform Institute, was initiated at the request of Independent MP Meg Webb and began accepting public submissions on Tuesday. Although following a spate of data breaches, the request dates back to December 2019. After applying for a grant from the Solicitors Guarantee Fund, the institute received a portion of the funding requested in May 2020. According to an issues paper finalised before the release of the Privacy Act Review report, there is currently “no comprehensive privacy regulation” in the state, with protections instead “fragmented across different laws that protect different types of privacy”.
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
