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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Protecting your business: The implications of Australia’s new privacy tort

On 10 June 2025, the new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy came into force as part of a suite of privacy reforms passed last year, substantially enhancing privacy protections and signalling a material shift in...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

New Serious Invasion of Privacy Tort in Australia for Privacy Comes Into Effect

In late 2024, the Australian Government enacted a series of reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The new statutory tort for serious invasion of privacy was introduced and passed under the Privacy and Other Legislation...more

A&O Shearman

End of the Road for Representative Actions in English Data Claims

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How should multiple claimants seek compensation for alleged data misuse? It had originally been thought that the answer might be a representative action; an “opt-out” procedure enabling a single claimant to bring proceedings...more

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