The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, has released a report on the widespread global assault on the freedom of expression.
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Encryption helps protect people’s human rights online. By rendering digital data unintelligible, encryption helps ensure that private information sent over the internet stays private. Technology companies play a crucial role in keeping digital information safe.
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This coming Thursday 27th October, we’ll be joining a panel discussion at the annual conference of the Australian Council for International Development in Melbourne.
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Digital Rights Watch welcomes the Government’s move to introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme.
The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 will create a new obligation for organisations that store private information to notify individuals when their security systems have been breached.
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Our friends at European Digital Rights have publishing a great graphic booklet "Your guide to Digital Defenders vs. Data Intruders – Privacy for kids!", to help young people between 10-14 years to protect their privacy.
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Most people are aware that websites and online services collect data about them in order to serve them with targeted advertising. They may also know that physical stores use ‘rewards’ programs such as loyalty cards to link purchases and serve consumers with targeted discounts and sale offers.
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