Your right to privacy - does it exist?: 26 July 2011
Written by Jordana on July 26, 2011 – 2:22 am -In the wake of the phone hacking scandal in the UK that has implicated Murdoch’s News Group newspapers in illegal hacking of mobile phone messages and obtaining unauthorised access to confidential personal data, Done By Law this week will focus on the right to privacy in Victoria. Do individuals in Victoria have a right to privacy of personal information? What personal information can individuals expect to be kept confidential? Can the media be held accountable for breaching privacy - or should it? Joining us tonight to discuss these issues is Dr Anothny Bendall, Deputy Commissioner of Privacy Victoria.
Tags: freedom of speech, Media, Privacy
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Internet Filtering: What’s wrong with the Government’s plan? : 5 May 2009
Written by alex on May 5, 2009 – 2:30 am -This week on Done By Law we talk to Colin Jacobs from Electronic Frontiers Australia (’EFA’) about the proposed internet filtering regime the Minister Stephen Conroy has proposed. Get the low down from an IT activist about what it means for our freedom of speech and our internet usage. Colin discuses the ideas behind EFA’s current challenges to the proposed regime as they fight for our internet freedom. Colin highlights the problematic aspect of the proposal and poses the question; is it really going to protect the kids?
Tags: censorship, freedom of speech
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