Laws allowing the federal government to legally operate its document and face matching systems are facing an uphill battle in the Senate, with the Greens and the Coalition backing...
The Albanese government settled on an outdated privacy framework for long-overdue laws to govern its document and face matching systems, despite acknowledging the protections are inadequate. That’s according to...
Proposed laws that would allow authorities to use the federal government’s identity services to conduct one-to-many matches in very limited circumstances could be detrimental to the uptake of digital...
Child protection advocates and the federal Opposition have criticised the Albanese government’s decision not to introduce a mandatory age verification regime for online pornography and other adult content. But...
A coalition of privacy organisations, think tanks and industry groups are calling for the creation of a dedicated parliamentary committee to give “political focus” to digital rights issues in...
Digital rights groups have broadly embraced reforms to Commonwealth privacy laws put forward after a two-year review but say the proposals could still be “watered down“ by lobbyists in...
Extending the Privacy Act to offshore data collection where it relates to Australians goes beyond that of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, according to a handful of...
Exemptions to privacy laws for political parties should be ditched in the wake of mass unsolicited spam texts and other attempts to spread misinformation during this year’s election campaign,...
There are newfound hopes that Labor’s election victory will see Australia’s controversial encryption-busting powers “repaired” after nearly four years. The Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (TOLA) (Assistance and Access...
It will be “extremely difficult” for civil society to properly contribute to a range of current tech-focused government consultations with submission periods running over the summer break. The government...