The electronic monitoring and surveillance of employees is on the rise as growing numbers of people switch to hybrid and at-home work.
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The government faces legal restrictions on how much personal information it can gather on citizens, but the law is largely silent on agencies purchasing the data from commercial brokers.
Some US law enforcement agencies are using a commercial app that tracks people all day long via their phones – without a court order or oversight.
Australia’s electronic surveillance laws are up for reform – but Border Force’s powers to search phones without a warrant have been left out of the review.
The COVIDSafe app hasn’t come out of nowhere. The promises of ‘smart city’ data collection may be seductive, but we must always weigh up what we’re being asked to give up in return.
Electronically monitoring migrants and refugees may seem like a humane alternative to detention, but it’s rife with problems and still criminalizes would-be immigrants.
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor of Urban Geography and Research Lead, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney
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Research associate, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor in Human Resource Management and Employee Relations, Swinburne University of Technology
