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Criminal Code Act 1983
276BUnlawful access to data
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276B Unlawful access to data
(1) A person who unlawfully accesses data held in a computer with
intent to:
(a) cause loss or harm to the person entitled to the data or a third
(b) gain a benefit or advantage, whether personally or for a third
party,
(2) A person who unlawfully uses data that has been accessed
unlawfully, whether or not he or she is the person who gained the
access to the data, is guilty of an offence and is liable to
imprisonment for 10 years.
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