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Onus on Government to Earn Public Trust On Tracing App

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE DIGITAL RIGHTS WATCH HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE CENTRE FOR RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY

An alliance of digital rights groups urged the Morrison Government to fill in obvious gaps in the development of the tracing technology to give it its best chance of winning public trust.

Covid App Data Hosted Overseas is Vulnerable to US Law

Choosing Amazon Web Services to host the covid-19 contact tracing app data risks exposing private information about Australians to US law enforcement, Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea.

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

Another empty assurance from government can't restore trust in Covid App

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.

Guarantee Limits and Protections on Covid App or it will Fail

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.

Respect for human rights must come at the centre of any technological drive to fight coronavirus

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.