Media Releases

Intelligence sharing a threat to democracy: privacy and human rights organisations launch international campaign

Posted on September 14, 2017 | in Media releases

The Australian Government must ensure transparency of its intelligence sharing with other countries in order to safeguard Australian citizens’ private information, a coalition of privacy and human rights organisations said at the launch of a new campaign.

Metadata analysis of Gillian Triggs reveals personal information open to unwarranted government surveillance

Posted on August 27, 2017 | in Media releases

An assessment of the metadata of former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs over the course of just one day provided enough information to reveal her home city, age details, and confidential details of upcoming speeches, board meetings and conversations.

Big brother attitude to public servant's social media is gross overstep of power

Posted on August 7, 2017 | in Media releases

Online advocacy group Digital Rights Watch has expressed serious concerns over social media guidelines for federal public servants released today.

Forcing social media organisations to decrypt will have far-reaching consequences on user's right to privacy

Posted on July 14, 2017 | in Media releases

Digital Rights Watch has expressed concerns at the Government’s announcement of new legislation designed to compel social media companies to hand over access to user’s encrypted content.

Global coalition from five nations demands "Five Eyes" respect encryption

Posted on June 30, 2017 | in Media releases

Today, 83 organizations and individuals from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States sent a letter to their respective governments insisting that government officials defend strong encryption. The letter comes on the heels of a meeting of the “Five Eyes” ministerial meeting in Ottawa, Canada earlier this week.

Defend privacy and encryption from the Five Eyes

Posted on June 25, 2017 | in Media releases

Digital Rights Watch has called for Australian citizens to defend the right to privacy and resist any plans to undermine encryption that may result from the meeting of the Five Eyes governments today.