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SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 2016 - SECT 8

8—Data surveillance devices

        (1)         Subject to this section, a person must not knowingly install, use or maintain a data surveillance device to access, track, monitor or record the input of information into, the output of information from, or information stored in, a computer without the express or implied consent of the owner, or person with lawful control or management, of the computer.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of a body corporate—$75 000;

            (b)         in the case of a natural person—$15 000 or imprisonment for 3 years.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply—

            (a)         to the installation, use or maintenance of a data surveillance device if the installation, use or maintenance of the device is authorised—

                  (i)         under this Act or any other Act or a corresponding law; or

                  (ii)         under a law of the Commonwealth; or

            (b)         to the installation, use or maintenance of a data surveillance device in prescribed circumstances.



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