Privacy Law Reform in the Age of AI: Panel and Book Launch

Privacy Law Reform in the Age of AI: Panel and Book Launch.

Increasingly, we live our lives online. But how much of your personal information is available on the internet – sometimes hiding in plain sight? The Chair of Digital Rights Watch, Lizzie O’Shea, will show just how much is out there – with the President of Australia’s Human Rights Commission, Hugh de Kretser, graciously offering himself up as the test subject!

This will be followed by a panel discussion about the urgent need to reform Australia’s privacy law. The panel will involve Lizzie O’Shea, Hugh de Kretser and former Human Rights Commissioner, Edward Santow – moderated by Daniel Nellor.

This event will also launch Edward Santow and Daniel Nellor’s new book, Machines in Our Image: The Need for Human Rights in the Age of AI. This book explains how AI works, and the need to centre the right to privacy and other human rights in how we design, oversee and regulate AI. This isn’t an academic text – it’s for everyone interested in how AI works, and its implications for our human rights.

We are grateful to the Australian Red Cross Humanitech; the book’s publisher, LexisNexis; and to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers for supporting this event.

Event Details

This event will be held from 5.30 pm on Tuesday, 19 November.

Speakers

Hugh de Kretser is the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and one of Australia’s foremost experts on human rights. He previously led the Yoorrook Justice Commission, the Human Rights Law Centre and the Victorian Federation of Community Legal Centres.

By day, Lizzie O’Shea is a class actions lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, and by night she is the Founder and Chair of Digital Rights Watch. Lizzie is one of Australia’s leading voices on the need to improve our human rights protections to address the rise of digital surveillance.

Edward Santow is the Director of Policy & Governance at the Human Technology Institute and Industry Professor – Responsible Technology at the University of Technology Sydney. He served as Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner from 2016 to 2021.

Daniel Nellor is a Melbourne-based author with diverse professional experiences spanning politics, academia and the social welfare sector. He holds a PhD in philosophy and is also a playwright.