The United States and foreign government agencies can acquire sensitive personal information, like smartphone geolocation records, from data brokers. The author of this paper argues that stricter privacy protections are necessary to strengthen U.S. national security, human rights and economic interests.

This consultation paper seeks community views on a staged approach to considering implementation of the civil surveillance reforms recommended by the Queensland Law Reform Commission (QLRC). It also seeks feedback on the workability of those aspects of the QLRC draft Bill that impose the use prohibitions and communication or publication prohibitions.

Worker surveillance is as old as work itself, but new technology is making it easier and cheaper than ever. In this report, the authors make policy recommendations that would help redress the balance of power between workers and employers.

Remote biometric technologies – in particular, facial recognition – have gained a lot of traction in the security sector in recent years. This report presents a set of proposed principles for the use of facial recognition in law enforcement investigations, along with a self-assessment questionnaire intended to support law enforcement agencies to design policies surrounding...

This year's Freedom on the Net report finds that global internet freedom declined for the 12th consecutive year in 2022, and governments are on a campaign to divide the open internet into a patchwork of repressive enclaves.