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Privacy Reform Hits HR: The Statutory Tort, the Employee Records Exemption, and the December 2026 Deadline for Automated Decisions

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Two things have changed in Australian privacy law that most HR functions have not yet absorbed.  The first is already in force: since 10 June 2025, individuals can sue for a serious invasion of privacy — and the employee records exemption does not apply to that action. The second lands on 10 December 2026, when employers using software to make

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Six Changes, Eighteen Months: The Australian Employer’s Compliance Calendar for 2026 and 2027

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Most employers do not get caught out by the law they never heard of. They get caught out by the change they heard about, filed away, and did not diarise.  Between 1 July 2026 and the end of 2027 there are six separate changes with hard start dates, each requiring a different function to act — payroll, HR,

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