Media Releases

Privacy experts welcome Health Minister's backdown on My Health Record, following widespread privacy concerns

Posted on July 31, 2018 | in Media releases

Digital Rights Watch have welcomed reports that Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt will scrap the My Health Record system and introduce legislation that ensures patient privacy.

Urgent reform of digital rights frameworks required, warn online human rights experts

Posted on July 23, 2018 | in Media releases

Digital Rights Watch has warned of an increasingly hostile digital rights environment in which Australian citizens risk having their human rights eroded, unless a radical rethink of government policy is implemented.

Human rights groups and experts call on the Australian government to reject plans to undermine encryption

Posted on July 17, 2018 | in Media releases

Today, a global coalition led by civil society and technology experts sent a letter asking the government of Australia to abandon plans to introduce legislation that would undermine strong encryption. The letter calls on government officials to become proponents of digital security and work collaboratively to help law enforcement adapt to the digital era.

Amidst privacy concerns, Australians urged to opt-out of national health record

Posted on July 15, 2018 | in Media releases

Civil rights group Digital Rights Watch have urged Australian citizens to be aware of deeply concerning privacy issues in the Government’s planned digital health record system, as the opt-out period begins today.

Attempts to break encryption will have lasting effects for online freedom of speech

Posted on June 6, 2018 | in Media releases

Digital Rights Watch has warned of wider impacts on freedom of speech and the right of Australian citizens to hold private conversations, after the Government announced plans to introduce legislation that would give law enforcement the power to break encryption protocols.

Centrelink duty of care has failed, regardless of Information Commissioner finding

Posted on May 30, 2018 | in Media releases

Privacy rights groups Digital Rights Watch, the Australian Privacy Foundation and Electronic Frontiers Australia have slammed a statement by the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Privacy Commissioner that their investigation found no wrongdoing in the release of personal information by a government department.