Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00128:clause:3_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00128
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 106940–109739

1  After section 474.17B of the Criminal Code
Insert:

474.17C  Using a carriage service to make available etc. personal data of one or more individuals
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person uses a carriage service to make available, publish or otherwise distribute information; and
 (b) the information is personal data of one or more individuals; and
 (c) the person engages in the conduct in a way that reasonable persons would regard as being, in all the circumstances, menacing or harassing towards those individuals.
Note: Publishing the name, image and telephone number of an individual on a website and encouraging others to repeatedly contact the individual with violent or threatening messages is an example of conduct (commonly referred to as doxxing) that is covered by this subsection.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 years.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), personal data of an individual means information about the individual that enables the individual to be identified, contacted or located, and includes the following:
 (a) the name of the individual;
 (b) a photograph or other image of the individual;
 (c) a telephone number of the individual;
 (d) an email address of the individual;
 (e) an online account of the individual;
 (f) a residential address of the individual;
 (g) a work or business address of the individual;
 (h) a place of education of the individual;
 (i) a place of worship of the individual.

474.17D  Using a carriage service to make available etc. personal data of one or more members of certain groups
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person uses a carriage service to make available, publish or otherwise distribute information; and
 (b) the information is personal data of one or more members of a group; and
 (c) the person engages in the conduct in whole or in part because of the person's belief that the group is distinguished by race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status, disability, nationality or national or ethnic origin; and
 (d) the person engages in the conduct in a way that reasonable persons would regard as being, in all the circumstances, menacing or harassing towards those members.
Note: Publishing the names, images and residential addresses of members of a private online religious discussion group across multiple websites and encouraging others to attend those addresses and block entryways, or otherwise harass the members of that group, is an example of conduct (commonly referred to as doxxing) that is covered by this subsection.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), personal data of one or more members of a group means information about the members that enables the members to be identified, contacted or located, and