Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 56EG

             (1)  If a person:

                     (a)  while the person is an accredited person, collects CDR data from a CDR participant for the CDR data:

                              (i)  purportedly under the consumer data rules; but

                             (ii)  not as the result of seeking to collect that CDR data under the consumer data rules; and

                     (b)  is not required to retain that CDR data by or under an Australian law or a court/tribunal order;

the person must destroy that CDR data as soon as practicable.

Note:          This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section 56EU).

             (2)  Subsection (1) applies whether the collection is directly from the CDR participant or indirectly from the CDR participant through a designated gateway for the CDR data.