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Australia’s privacy laws are getting an update — here’s what we recommend

19 Jan 2022

Australians’ privacy hangs in the balance as the government reviews the Privacy Act 1988. Here are the legal changes Australians should fight for.

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Australia’s privacy laws are getting an update — here’s what we recommend
19 Jan 2022
Australia’s privacy laws are getting an update — here’s what we recommend

Surveillance state incoming with Australia’s “hacking” bill

10 Sep 2021

Australia’s new “hacking” bill violates privacy and security, and is bound to have global implications.

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Surveillance state incoming with Australia’s “hacking” bill
10 Sep 2021
Surveillance state incoming with Australia’s “hacking” bill

To protect human rights, identify and disrupt Australia’s “hacking bill”

17 Aug 2021
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To protect human rights, identify and disrupt Australia’s “hacking bill”
17 Aug 2021
To protect human rights, identify and disrupt Australia’s “hacking bill”
sistemas de identificación digital

Air New Zealand Will Trial Vaccine Passport System On Flights To Australia

22 Feb 2021
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Air New Zealand Will Trial Vaccine Passport System On Flights To Australia
22 Feb 2021
Air New Zealand Will Trial Vaccine Passport System On Flights To Australia

‘Immediately Reverse This Decision’: Amnesty Rebukes Facebook for Blocking Australian News Outlets

18 Feb 2021
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‘Immediately Reverse This Decision’: Amnesty Rebukes Facebook for Blocking Australian News Outlets
18 Feb 2021
‘Immediately Reverse This Decision’: Amnesty Rebukes Facebook for Blocking Australian News Outlets
Victoria en La Victoria: Municipalidad de Perú sancionada por uso ilegítimo de datos personales

Joint comments to Australia’s Attorney-General on the review of the Privacy Act

6 Dec 2020
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Joint comments to Australia’s Attorney-General on the review of the Privacy Act
6 Dec 2020
Joint comments to Australia’s Attorney-General on the review of the Privacy Act

‘Vital’ data sharing deal with US delayed

21 Sep 2020
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‘Vital’ data sharing deal with US delayed
21 Sep 2020
‘Vital’ data sharing deal with US delayed
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Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.

10 Sep 2020

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.

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Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.
10 Sep 2020
Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.
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Australien will internierten Geflüchteten Handys wegnehmen

3 Sep 2020
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Australien will internierten Geflüchteten Handys wegnehmen
3 Sep 2020
Australien will internierten Geflüchteten Handys wegnehmen
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Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access

1 Sep 2020

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.

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Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access
1 Sep 2020
Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access