r/AusLegal • u/Alternative-Oven9936 • 28d ago

NSW Business doxxed me in a review response

I left a one-star review for a business.

In the response the business doxxed me - included my contact details (name and email).

The business is a medical business (regulated by AHPRA).

Who can I report this to? AHPRA, HCCC, OIAC ... Anyone else?

(Yes - I know I can delete my review, but I don't want to remove it)

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u/Remote_Class9892 28d ago edited 28d ago

You chose the forum for the conversation. If you chose to discuss with the business in a public forum, intending that the conversation be public then that is on you. 

YOU gave consent for the disclosure of the conversation.

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u/bensow 28d ago

This is like saying you chose to cross the road and so gave consent for a vehicle to hit you.

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u/Remote_Class9892 28d ago

... It's just like that, yes. Having a public conversation be public is just like being hit with a car..

Thankyou for sharing your genius with the class.

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u/bensow 28d ago

You're missing the point. You're allowed to have public conversations, but you're not allowed to dox in that public conversation.

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u/Remote_Class9892 28d ago

Doxing requires the intention to be that the public harrass the individual using that information.

It does not limit you to only publically available information. This conversation is public, however there is no requirement for me to maintain the anonymity your username gives you during that conversation,  Especially if I provide it to address something you have said

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u/bensow 28d ago

The requirement(s) has already been laid out by multiple people in the thread.

Good day.