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What's all this about allowing civil parties access to metadata?

Posted on January 28, 2017 | in News

The Attorney General recently asked for submissions about the potential use of metadata collected for the purposes of the data retention regime in civil cases. You can read our submission here. For those interested, this is a quick summary.

Attorney General's Department consultation into access to telecommunications data in civil proceedings

Posted on January 23, 2017 | in News , Submissions

The Attorney-General’s Department invited submissions to support a review by the Minister for Communications and the Attorney-General into access to telecommunications data in civil proceedings.

Democracy demands transparency in trade negotiations

Posted on January 19, 2017 | in News

It’s copyright week! This week, Digital Rights Watch is joining a group of organizations in reflecting on how copyright policy can promote, and not diminish, a robust, accessible public domain.

#KeepItOn petition delivered at IGF

Posted on January 6, 2017 | in News

Today, our friends at Access Now successfully delivered the #KeepitOn petition today at the Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Snitch Hunt: 10th December 2016

Posted on December 6, 2016 | in Events , News

This Human Rights Day, 10th December, get a taste of the power of metadata surveillance, and compete to see who can best abuse it.

Digital Rights Watch end of year update

Posted on December 6, 2016 | in News

2016 has been a busy year for digital rights policy in Australia. We’ll be hosting a quick update on the policy issues we have been following, including copyright reform and privacy issues.