The Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) is examining the state’s legal protections around privacy, and seeks public feedback on possible reforms to Tasmanian privacy law. This paper aims to inform community discussion about how privacy can be best protected amid rapid technological advances and changing community attitudes.

There is currently no comprehensive privacy regulation in Tasmania. Protection is fragmented across different laws that cover different types of privacy, and there are gaps. Some of the laws were written two decades ago, and need re-examination to determine how well they apply to new surveillance technologies.