This article provides an overview of the new drug-driving laws that exist in Australia. It explains that, like drink-driving offences, the drug-driving laws prima facie infringe civil liberties. Yet these infringements are permissible, providing the laws promote road safety and thereby the civil ...
Age of Consent Australia The age of consent in Australia is 16-years or above, according to section 66C of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). The legal age of consent in NSW or sexual consent means that it is a crime punishable by imprisonment to have sex or engage in any sexual activity wit...
He also rejected the government’s bid to forfeit the monies kept in three Hong Leong bank accounts and the RM15 million bungalow in Penang belonging to Goh Gaik Ewe, the mother of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho saying that the prosecution had failed to prove that the bank accounts were ...
In Australia, no drone zones are defined airspaces that prohibit unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from flying. Commonly referred to as drones,UAVsare becoming increasingly popular for both personal and commercial use. No drone zones serve to protect populations from potentially dangerous scenarios that ...
Privacy laws exist to protect individuals with respect to their personal data. They also regulate how personal data can and cannot be used. Let’s take a closer look at what privacy laws address. Whether personal data can be collected and processed ...
What AI Laws Exist? As of August 2023, there are no specific laws in the United States governing the general public’s usage of AI. For example, there are no explicit laws banning someone from making adeepfakeof a celebrity and posting it online. However, if a judge could construe the ...
(If a bidder owns a significant stake in a company and then wishes to take that company private, or if the bidder is a buyout group that includes members of the company’s senior management (each, a “going-private” transaction), additional disclosure rules will be applicable to the ...
EU organizations that violate GDPRcan be fined up to €20 million, or 4% of global turnover for the previous tax year - whichever is greater. In Australia, organizations can be fined up to AUD$2.22 million In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission can issue fines ofup to $40,...
Getting told off for doing something entirely innocuous might be a mere irritation in your day — but have you ever stopped to think that, sometimes, you mightactuallybe in the wrong? All around the world there are obscure laws which, miraculously, still exist today. Whilst they are rarely ...
But other legal avenues may exist for victims. Suzie Dunn, an assistant law professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, said there were several laws that could apply to deepfakes and altered images, including those related to defamation and privacy. ...