Have your say – help us tell the Senate about privacy concerns in the Census
24 Organisations Publish Open Letter on Essential Copyright Reforms
An Open Letter from a diverse group of 24 organisations to Senator Fifield, urging the prompt tabling of the Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill.
The census was an ‘immense failure of management’ that lacked basic planning
Digital Rights Watch’s Amy Gray speaks to ABC NewsRadio about the Census.
What to do with your Census
By now, you’ve probably noticed the huge amount of chatter surrounding the 2016 National Census, and the changes that put individual privacy at risk. But does this warrant a full boycott?
GOMA Talks: The New Feminist Frontier
Our own Nic Suzor was talking about feminism, online abuse, and regulation at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art recently.
Our vision for a free and open internet
A democratic society will always involve some kind of negotiation between the interests of individual privacy and the need to protect people’s safety. Digital Rights Watch strives to participate in public debates about the nature of privacy using a human rights lens.
UN Human Rights Council must support resolution on human rights on the internet
Digital Rights Watch has joined global calls for the UN Human Rights Council to adopt by consensus a resolution aimed at strengthening protections for freedom of expression, the right to privacy, and other human rights online.
Greens call for Digital Rights Commissioner
Interesting proposal from the Australian Greens: a new role to sit within the Australian Human Rights Commission, solely focused on upholding Australian citizen’s digital rights.
Federal election 2016
The Federal Election is coming up fast, and here at Digital Rights Watch we wanted to delve into where each of the major political parties stand on key issues relating to digital rights. Check out our Election Scorecard.
Productivity Commission intellectual property inquiry
Read our take on the Productivity Commission public inquiry into Australia’s intellectual property system.
Beyond Privacy video
Didn’t get a chance to come to our panel discussion about Australia’s Privacy laws? You can still watch the whole discussion here.
Only truth: a symposium on Internet privacy
Part CryptoParty, part symposium, Only Truth is a series of talks and practical guides that will equip the average internet user with information and open source tools to protect their communication, privacy, and security.
Event: Beyond Privacy
‘Lawfulness’ is routinely referred to by state agencies as the benchmark for appropriate surveillance. But how might the law, intended as a safeguard, actually be used to undermine a democratic system of checks and balances? This panel explores how laws protect the privacy of Australians against mass surveillance.
Digital Rights Watch at RightsCon
Digital Rights Watch board member Lizzie O’Shea has been talking all things privacy, security, surveillance and copyright at the US RightsCon event in Silicon Valley.
How to set up a VPN and why you should
Excellent overview of why you should set up a VPN and how to go about it.
Urging Sweden and the UK to free Julian Assange
Digital Rights Watch signed on to the following open statement: “We the undersigned, including legal and human rights organisations, academics, and policymakers condemn the reactions of the governments of Sweden …
