The alleged filming and broadcast may not constitute a crime but the young woman is likely to be able to sue the fellow cadet, lawyers have said.
It was a criminal offence in NSW to film a person in a private act without their consent but there was no similar prohibition in ACT legislation, the technology lawyer Peter Leonard, a partner of law firm Gilbert and Tobin, said.
The law in many cases had not kept pace with technological development, he said. Such matters should be covered under criminal law but there also should be provisions under privacy laws to enable affected people to seek remedies.
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Date: 2011-04-07 10:13 am (UTC)The alleged filming and broadcast may not constitute a crime but the young woman is likely to be able to sue the fellow cadet, lawyers have said.
It was a criminal offence in NSW to film a person in a private act without their consent but there was no similar prohibition in ACT legislation, the technology lawyer Peter Leonard, a partner of law firm Gilbert and Tobin, said.
The law in many cases had not kept pace with technological development, he said. Such matters should be covered under criminal law but there also should be provisions under privacy laws to enable affected people to seek remedies.
ACT needs to update their laws as well.