Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
Technology-facilitated stalking and abuse is the use of technology (such as the internet, social media, mobile phones, computers, and surveillance devices) to stalk and perpetrate abuse on a person.
The following legal guides look at three primary areas of law relevant to people experiencing technology-facilitated stalking and abuse.

This guide shows how people can obtain protection orders from the court to protect them from technology-facilitated stalking and abuse. In the Australian Capital Territory these protection orders are called domestic violence orders.

This guide explains what the law says about surveillance devices – when it is an offence to use them and what the restrictions are on sharing information/videos/pictures obtained through the use of surveillance devices.

This guide reviews Australian Capital Territory criminal offences relating to technology-facilitated domestic violence and abuse.