The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 14, 2020

Related: Covidsafe app: how Australia’s coronavirus contact tracing app works, what it does, downloads and problems Related: Australian public's confidence in 5G 'shaken' by misinformation campaign Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 25, 2019

The new disclosures include a total of 240 cases that resulted in information valuable to criminal investigations and two that “may have been used in a prosecution”.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 1, 2018

In October the Council of Australia Governments agreed to give federal and state police real-time access to passport, visa, citizenship and driver’s licence images for a wide range of criminal investigations. Related: Peter Dutton denies plan to expand cyber spies' powers – but says it would be good idea Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Australia and the US are negotiating a deal to speed up information sharing about criminal suspects Australia and the US have begun negotiating a deal to speed up information sharing about criminal suspects between law enforcement agencies and tech giants such as Google and Facebook.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Peter Dutton warned bid to boost government’s surveillance powers could give criminals more tools Peter Dutton’s proposed legislation to expand the government’s surveillance capabilities into telecommunication devices through the inclusion of spyware risks could create “systemic weakness or vulnerability” that would be open to exploitation, Australia’s (..)

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 9, 2019

Commonwealth Ombudsman calls for Peter Dutton’s ability to censor its reports on the process to be revoked New encryption powers to seek assistance from tech companies to spy on users have been used at least five times by federal and New South Wales police.

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