2021 October
Information Age – 2021 October 28
Govt floats industry-funded model for privacy office
Information Age – 2021 October 26
Age verification will be mandatory for social under govt tech crackdown
2021 September
Canberra Times – 2021 September 27
Mastercard and DTA partner to scope out age verification services
Information Age – 2021 September 16
Universities reinstalling spyware for exams
Innovation Australia – 2021 September 15
Australians ‘complacent’ to rapid growth in digital surveillance
2021 August
Information Age – 2021 August 17
Australian governments agree to share data
ABC Radio -2021 August 11
Spotlight forum: how to protect your privacy in an increasingly tech-driven world
Information Age – 2021 August 10
Apple to scan iPhones for child abuse material
ZDNet Australia – 2021 August 10
Digital Rights Watch and EFA push for right to repair to quash tech giant monopoly power
2021 July
ABC News – 2021 July 21
Victoria’s QR code app update will let users view check-in history
Crikey – 2021 July 1
Who’s been looking at your check-in data? We asked the states and territories to ’fess up
2021 June
Bloomberg – 23 June 2021
Australian Law Could Force Facebook, Google to Strip Content
New York Post – 23 June 2021
Australia to fine tech giants, jail users over abusive and threatening posts
2021 May
The Guardian – 2021 May 1
Government agencies could access personal data without consent under new bill
2021 April
Innovation Australia – 2021 April 6
Govt mulls ID points to use for social media
2021 March
Innovation Australia – 2021 March 22
Why the rush? Online Safety Bill still not passed
2020 October
ABC News – 30 October 2020
Data Privacy Calamity Looming with QR Code COVID Check-Ins
The Canberra Times – 11 October 2020
“You Can’t Ever Get Privacy Back”: ACT Delays Biometric Licence Upload
2020 September
The Guardian – 2020 September 20
Releasing Covidsafe app usage numbers could risk public safety, government claims
ABC News – 2020 September 15
2020 June
Triple J Hack (ABC Radio) – 2020 June 24
Calls to Scrap Online Exam Monitoring
The Guardian – 2020 June 19
Victoria Police Admits Officers Trialled Clearview AI Facial Recognition Tool
2020 April
Gadgets & Wearables – 2020 April 13
Google’s Fitbit acquisition faces new round of questioning from the DoJ
Voice of Action – 2020 April 25
Techno Tyranny or Civic Duty? Government Contact Tracing App under Fire
2020 March
Gizmodo Australia – 2020 March 9
Information Age – 2020 March 3
Rogue Australian police trial Clearview AI
The Big Smoke (Website) -2020 March 20
The technology that sent a million to Chinese internment camps is being used here
2020 February
Subscribers to multiple streaming services more likely to also be online pirates:survey
The Guardian – 2020 February 24
Subscribers to multiple streaming services more likely to also be online pirates: survey
Bloomberg – 2020 February 10
Google’s Fitbit Deal Tests Merger Cops Eyeing Data Giants
The Mandarin – 2020 February 6
What the Iowa Caucus App Failure Can Teach Government about Successful Digital Transformation
2019 December
Human Rights Commission Calls for Regulation of AI
ABC Radio – 2019 December 17
Human Rights Commission calls for regulation of artificial intelligence
2019 October
TOTT News – 2019 October 30
NSW to further privatise bus services
Gizmodo Australia – 2019 October 24
Australia’s Facial Recognition Bill Has Been Postponed For Now
IT WIRE – 2019 October 14
EFA queries why facial recognition inquiry hearing scrapped
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