Opal card privacy rules need tightening to protect personal details: civil libertarians
The New South Wales public transport operator needs to change its privacy policy to stop travellers' personal details being given to police too freely, civil libertarians have warned.
Article: Opal card privacy rules need tightening to protect personal details: civil libertarians
Source: ABC News, 15/7/2014
Drones pose growing privacy risk: report
Rapid growth in drone usage highlights urgent need for regulation, Secretary Lesley Lynch comments on behalf of NSWCCL
Article: Drones pose growing privacy risk: report
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 15/07/2014
No warrants needed to access opal card records
NSW and federal law enforcement agencies have been given the power to access the travel history and home addresses of hundreds of thousands of commuters using the new Opal card.
NSWCCL President Stephen Blanks comments
Article: No warrants needed to access opal card records
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 15/07/2014
Opal histories accessed without warrant
NSW and federal government agencies can access the travel history and home addresses of thousands of Opal card users without a warrant under new laws.
Article: Opal histories accessed without warrant
Source: Ninemsn, 15/7/2014
Aeroplane in backyard sparks rubbish row
Should ugliness be illegal? Do your neighbours have the right to keep an old aeroplane in their backyard, even if it assails your eyes?
Article: Aeroplane in backyard sparks rubbish row
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 7/7/2014
Privacy taking flight?
Source: Channel 7 News, 30/06/2014
All-seeing drones are taking to our skies and landing in our private lives creating the potential for privacy and security breaches. Stephen Blanks speaks to Channel 7 News
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The call to name and shame pedophiles
Source: A Current Affair, 23/06/2014
Petition for a public sex offenders register
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Social networking to be available to inmates
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 22/06/2014
Prisoners are using a new social networking site to post potentially sensitive information, protest their innocence and even look for love on the outside.
Kings Cross venues to save patron's IDs
Source: ABC Radio (13/06/2014)
Pubs and clubs in Sydney's Kings Cross are extending efforts to deal with any trouble makers. From tonight, some of the area's most popular venues will scan the IDs of patrons.
Privacy concerns over Kings Cross scanners
Source: The Australian (11/06/2014)
While the NSW government and police are praising the early success of measures to curb alcohol-related violence, civil libertarians fear it may have gone too far with the roll-out of data-storing identification scanners.
