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Category: Privacy

President-elect has plans for civil liberties

10 November 2008 10 November 2008

How will President-elect Barack Obama safeguard civil liberties and protect privacy? Believe it or not, he spells out what he hopes to do on his ‘Change’ website, which keeps people informed about the period of transition to full presidential power in Ja…

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Nov 2008 Newsletter – Internet censorship – initiatives on terror laws

31 October 2008 31 October 2008

As the Australian Government gets ready to censor the internet, CLA is fighting back with ‘Action Email Cells’ – groups to take the fight to the government. (See Home page article, and lead story in newsletter).Meanwhile the November newsletter a…

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Aussies get pink-carded by British Government

9 October 2008 9 October 2008

Australians living in Britain will be forced to carry identity cards from November 2008 and pay about $75 for the privilege. A new law does not mandate carrying the card, but for all practical purposes you’ll be a non-entity without it. The card flicks a…

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October 2008 Newsletter – Rights charter debate launches 10 Dec

30 September 2008 30 September 2008

The debate about whether Australia should have a national Charter of Rights and Responsibilities will launch on 10 December, international Human Rights Day. It is hoped that the Prime Minister, Mr Rudd, will throw his weight behind the program to indicat…

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Faulkner muses on privacy…and principles

20 September 2008 20 September 2008

A reflective John Faulkner, Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary, mused about the principles underlying privacy while presenting the inaugural industry awards in August. Read the thoughts of the man who will be responsible for Australia’s new…

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Now is the Winter of Civil Liberties: Kennan

11 September 2008 3 July 2013

The first years of the 21st Century have been bleak for civil liberties in Australia, says barrister and former Victorian Attorney-General, Jim Kennan SC. Our democracy is devalued, and we are the poorer nation for it: we must return to the rule of law,…

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Watch yourself! You’re entering Australia’s Parliament

28 August 2008 28 August 2008

[lightbox /images/parlhouse.jpg[Parliament House Protestors – photo by Eric Li]][/lightbox]As video surveillance cameras multiply, so do the number of observers secretly watching.  Parliament House in Canberra is boosting CCTV by 25% or more,  to 500-plu…

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Do CCTV cameras solve social problems?

22 August 2008 22 August 2008

Should communities try to solve social problems by using CCTV cameras? Aurukun in the Gulf of Carpentaria is facing that dilemma, and has decided to put in 18 cameras (one for every 70 citizens) monitored 600km away in Cairns.
‘The World Today’ on ABC R…

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Take care of your online ‘digital tattoo’

20 August 2008 20 August 2008

For this year’s Australian Privacy Week (18-24 Aug 08), the Government of Victoria has produced some simply-understood advice about how to look after your online identity, or ‘tattoo’.  See ‘Don’t Regret Your Digital Tattoo’, and ‘Privacy and Security Ti…

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ALRC weighs in with hefty privacy report

12 August 2008 12 August 2008

Analysing the need for new privacy laws requires 2700 pages in three volumes, according to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Report 108, ‘For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice’. It will take months to dissect such a dense offerin…

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