Liberty Victoria Comment on the Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023 (Vic)
The Bill, which would create a centralised database for the medical records of every patient in the public health system, does not sufficiently protect Victorians’ right to privacy. Vitally, Victorians will not have the ability to ‘opt […]
Coalition of organisations says changes would have ‘devastating impact on press freedom’ and are not in public interest
Media companies have rejected a proposal to reform Australian privacy law, warning that the changes – including a right to sue outlets for serious invasions of privacy – are not in […]
A new report about online surveillance reveals Australian government requests for user data from Big Tech are ranked amongst the world’s highest.
A recent report on data surveillance from VPN provider, Surfshark, reveals government […]
“Knowing how much data those vehicles are capable of collecting definitely made folks nervous,” […]
One night last week, the law professor Jonathan Turley got a troubling email. As part […]
This legislation authorizes mass, suspicion less, warrantless magnetometer searches.
Under these provisions a senior police officer may authorize police officers for a period of 12 hours to search members of the public in a safe night precinct or on a public transport station (and on a vehicle travelling between […]
In 2021, legislation was passed in Queensland to enable the trial of metal detecting wand use by police in two sites. The goal of the legislation is to improve detection of, and achieve reductions in, knife carrying, primarily by young people. Reduced knife-carrying is intended to lead to reduced serious violent offending involving […]
Service NSW has apologised for a software bug that briefly allowed users to view each others’ information on the “My services” dashboard.
A Service NSW spokesperson told iTnews the issue was present between 1.20pm […]
The Tasmanian government’s data breach has worsened, after identifying data that “may” have been stolen via its exposure to the GoAnywhere hack.
