Region: Australia
Australia’s privacy laws are getting an update — here’s what we recommend
19 Jan 2022
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Australians’ privacy hangs in the balance as the government reviews the Privacy Act 1988. Here are the legal changes Australians should fight for.
Surveillance state incoming with Australia’s “hacking” bill
10 Sep 2021
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Australia’s new “hacking” bill violates privacy and security, and is bound to have global implications.
To protect human rights, identify and disrupt Australia’s “hacking bill”
17 Aug 2021
Air New Zealand Will Trial Vaccine Passport System On Flights To Australia
22 Feb 2021
‘Immediately Reverse This Decision’: Amnesty Rebukes Facebook for Blocking Australian News Outlets
18 Feb 2021
Joint comments to Australia’s Attorney-General on the review of the Privacy Act
6 Dec 2020
‘Vital’ data sharing deal with US delayed
21 Sep 2020
Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.
10 Sep 2020
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When member states fail to protect human rights — such as by cutting off internet access in the middle of a global pandemic — we leverage the UPR process to call attention to that failure and press for change.
Australien will internierten Geflüchteten Handys wegnehmen
3 Sep 2020
Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access
1 Sep 2020
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Lawmakers must reject a bill to give the Australian Border Force the right to confiscate mobile phones — a lifeline of information, communication, and documentation — from asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention.