“The QCCL calls on the government to provide assurances to the people of Queensland, that data collected from the Check in QLD app will be used solely for the stated purpose of contact tracing. QCCL also seeks assurances that information collected from the Check-in app will not be used for law enforcement purposes or any other additional purpose” said Mr. Cope
Read MoreThe QCCL supports a statutory tort for the invasion of privacy as a means for people to take their own action to protect their privacy in cases where the statutory regime and the common law do not apply or do not provide adequate protection.
Read MoreIn broad terms, the use of surveillance devices without the consent of the person the subject of the surveillance will be prohibited.
Read MorePerhaps at its core privacy protects and ensures equality in the sense that we are entitled to equal concern and respect as individuals, and not that we are entitled to do as we please. Such an approach would shift away from viewing privacy as a prerequisite for preventing invasions of various liberty interests to one of maintaining conditions that will make the exercise of those liberty interests possible. So conceptualised, equality would be at the hub and the various liberty interests protected by privacy simply spokes on the privacy wheel.”
Read MoreAnnual Report of the President Ian Dearden from AGM 15 June 2000
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