Normann Witzleb

Legal academic at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Monash University adjunct. Researching in privacy law, data protection and the law of obligations.

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(7/7) The Government describes the Bill as an "important first step in ensuring Australians’ privacy is properly respected and protected" – an implicit admission that it leaves much unfinished business until after the next election.

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Australia's privacy reform bill has been introduced to Parliament - a short thread (1/7): https://t.co/uRZsLIeKZ7

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(6/7) The Bill creates two new doxxing offences where an individual’s personal data is published online to menace or harass them and where this occurs to target them as a member of a group distinguished by race, ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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Please join us for the upcoming annual conference of the @CCTL_CUHKLaw Obligations Lab Asia on ‘Private Law in Greater China: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow’ (hybrid), 10 May 2024. Registrations now open, full program:
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@CUHKLaw #lawconf #privatelaw

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Are you interested in the latest developments in #tortlaw and #climatechange? Please join us for this seminar by Australian experts Tina Popa, Anne Kallies, Vanessa Johnston and @niaemmanouil, this Friday, 17 Nov. Register @ https://t.co/2HCzdtnp7D @CUHKLaw @CCTL_CUHKLaw

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The government merely 'noted' the proposals for an unqualified right to opt out of targeted advertising for adults, the removal of the political exemption and on stronger protections of de-identified information, which means all of these are off the table. (5/5)

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The Australian government has published its response to the Privacy Act Review Report. The vast majority of proposals in the Report have been agreed to or agreed to in principle but... https://t.co/dDVd152VIO (1/5)

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and new rights of access, explanation and erasure. We also still need to hold our breath on the direct right of action and the statutory privacy tort. (4/5)

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@Melissankennedy And this one, too.

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Registrations are now open for the next annual conference of the @CCTL_CUHKLaw Obligations Lab Asia. Please join us for a high calibre conference on ‘Transformation or Adaptation? #PrivateLaw and New Technologies’ (Online), 12 May 2023 @CUHKLaw https://t.co/BK7MFc9iiP

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@getorga @hargreaves_s Not in Germany:
https://t.co/tAyAhnC9MV

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@ISzpotakowski @PGiliker Thank you both for the kind words on the book. All credit goes to the chapter authors...

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@DrKatyBarnett We also have a new family member who's a bit camera shy..