December 2024

Australia Adopts Statutory Tort for Serious Invasions of Privacy

By Patrick Considine and Peter Bartlett

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter December 2024

This new cause of action empowers individuals to sue another person or entity where that person or entity invaded the individual’s privacy by intruding upon their seclusion or misusing information relating to them.

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