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Submission: Privacy Act Review Issues Paper

Posted on November 27, 2020 | in Submissions

Digital Rights Watch has provided a submission to the Attorney-General’s review of the Privacy Act 1988. To understand our stance on the Australian privacy landscape and the rationale behind our submission, check out this blog post.

The Privacy Act review could shake up Australia's value-based approach to privacy

Posted on November 27, 2020 | in Articles

When you look around the world, Australia stands out as somewhat unique when it comes to privacy. Why? Unlike most “western” democracies, it lacks a federal recognition of the right to privacy.

Parliament metadata report is a step in the right direction

Posted on November 20, 2020 | in Articles

The introduction of the metadata retention regime way back in 2016 was one of the catalysts for creating Digital Rights Watch. Mandatory metadata retention, for access by a list of agencies that could grow at the whim of the Attorney General, seemed like a bad idea to a lot of people. Turns out now a bipartisan Parliamentary Committee has accepted that this needs to change.

QR codes, privacy and security

Posted on November 13, 2020 | in Articles , Tools and Guides

As lockdown restrictions continue to ease, we are seeing increased use of technology with the goal of keeping track of who is coming and going from venues and small businesses.

Submission: The Data Availability and Transparency Bill

Posted on November 12, 2020 | in Submissions

At Digital Rights Watch we strongly believe that the first actionable outcome of the extensive ACCC Digital Platforms inquiry must focus on updating the Australian privacy (and data protection) framework.

October 2020 Roundup

Posted on October 30, 2020 | in Monthly updates

We’re back for another edition of our monthly Digital Rights Watch update! We’ve been keeping busy building out our campaigns and movement―did you notice even our website got a little makeover?