Media Releases

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.

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.