Doxxers Could Face 7 Years’ Jail as Privacy Act Reforms Loom

The federal government is set to introduce laws that could see the sharing of private information without consent end in substantial jail time.

File photo dated March 4, 2017, a woman's hand pressing keys of a laptop keyboard. Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Australia’s federal parliament will today introduce laws that could jail offenders for up to seven years for making people’s personal information public.

The practice known as doxing involves taking someone’s personal information and publishing it without their consent, usually with the intention of garnering harassment.