Media Releases

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.

New digital rights report foreshadows an eroding human rights landscape online

Posted on May 13, 2018 | in Media releases

Australians’ human rights are being severely breached through the exploitation of online data according to a landmark report released today by Digital Rights Watch.

New report reveals dangerous lack of oversight of secret global surveillance networks, opening the door to human rights abuses

Posted on April 24, 2018 | in Media releases , Reports

An unprecedented international collaborative investigation carried out by 40 NGOs in 42 countries has identified alarming weaknesses in the oversight arrangements that are supposed to govern the sharing of intelligence between state intelligence agencies.

Digital arms merchants selling products to Australian police forces?

Posted on March 27, 2018 | in Media releases

Digital rights experts have expressed concerns over reports that the international firm Hacking Team have been allowed to showcase their wares at an Australian Police technology conference today.

Australian Digital Rights Organisations Call For Politicians To Clarify Their Dealings With Cambridge Analytica

Posted on March 18, 2018 | in Media releases

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE BY ELECTRONIC FRONTIERS AUSTRALIA, FUTURE WISE, AUSTRALIAN PRIVACY FOUNDATION, DIGITAL RIGHTS WATCH

In light of the revelations that Cambridge Analytica has reportedly misused the data of over 50 million people on Facebook, Australia’s leading digital and civil rights advocates call on all Australian governments and political parties to categorically answer the following questions:

Data breach notification scheme an important step towards building trust with public's right to privacy

Posted on February 21, 2018 | in Media releases

Privacy advocates Digital Rights Watch have welcomed the start of a national mandatory data breach notification scheme. The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 created a new obligation for organisations that store personal information to notify individuals when their security systems have been breached, and the scheme goes into effect from today.