Section 121 — Privacy Act 2020: Knowledge of employees, agents, and members of agencies to be treated as knowledge of employers, principal agencies, and agencies
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121 Knowledge of employees, agents, and members of agencies to be treated as knowledge of employers, principal agencies, and agencies (1) Subsection (2) applies to processes and proceedings under this Act relating to the obligations under section 114 or 115 . (2) Anything relating to a notifiable privacy breach that is known by an employee or a member of an agency is to be treated as being known by the employer or agency. (3) Subsection (4) applies to processes and proceedings under this Act relating to the obligations under section 114 or 115 except a proceeding under section 118 . (4) Anything relating to a notifiable privacy breach that is known by an agent is to be treated as being known by the principal agency.
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