Australian lawyer dubbed ‘human rights hero’
Human rights lawyer Lizzie O'Shea has received an international award recognising her efforts to oppose Australia’s controversial encryption legislation.
Human rights lawyer Lizzie O'Shea has received an international award recognising her efforts to oppose Australia’s controversial encryption legislation.
The Australian Greens have received the highest rating in an assessment of digital rights policies by a privacy advocacy group.
Digital Rights Watch, the Human Rights Law Centre, Amnesty International and Access Now have joined forces with a number of industry bodies representing the likes of Google, Facebook, Apple and Telstra to reject the government’s so called ‘encryption bill’.
A new report on the state of digital rights in Australia has called for the repeal of the country’s mandatory data retention legislation and new laws to protect individuals’ privacy.
Australia’s mandatory data breach notification regime takes effect today.