The Government Covid-19 Contact Tracing Smartphone App
last updated on May 10th prior to legislation being tabled previously updated on April 26th after the Government launched the app, and April 29th after comments from Stephen Conroy
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Another empty assurance from government can't restore trust in Covid App
Posted on April 23, 2020
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Attorney-General Christian Porter’s statement that the police will not have access to metadata from the government’s Covid19 contact tracing app is wholly inadequate, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea said today.
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Guarantee Limits and Protections on Covid App or it will Fail
Posted on April 15, 2020
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After years of attacking personal privacy, it is little wonder that the announcement from the Federal Government of a location tracking app has been met with scepticism, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea said today.
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Respect for human rights must come at the centre of any technological drive to fight coronavirus
Posted on April 5, 2020
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A problem like COVID-19 is so monumental in scale and ferocity that it creates an understandable temptation to race to use any method at our disposal to prevent its spread.
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Government Must Come Clean On Phone Surveillance
Posted on April 5, 2020
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The federal government must come clean about the nature and extent of its data aggregation from mobile service providers, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea said today.
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100+ human rights groups demand global governments not use coronavirus pandemic as cover for expanding digital surveillance
Posted on April 2, 2020
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A global coalition of 100 human rights and civil liberties organisations have today united to tell world governments not to use the coronavirus pandemic as a cover to usher in digital surveillance.
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