The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, was an independent community of scholars based at UNSW Sydney that operated from 1 November 2017 until 1 June 2024. It sought to add breadth and depth to research on the diverse interactions among technological change, law, and legal practice. It had influence over academic and policy debates through its engagement with the legal profession, the judiciary, industry, government and the broader community and its many submissions to policy processes.

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The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation to close in 2024

Wed 22 November 2023

The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation will cease operations on Saturday, 1 June 2024.

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App Data Is Protected But US Laws Put That Into Question'

Fri 15 May 2020

Hub research fellow Monika Zalnieriute comments on the security of data on the COVIDsafe app via Gizmodo

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The courts and the pandemic: the role and limits of technology

Thu 14 May 2020

The FLIP Stream annual topic for 2020 includes an examination of online courts. The topic has proved a prescient choice with the COVID-19 pandemic and...

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Submission: Hub involved in three submissions regarding the COVIDSafe app

Wed 13 May 2020

1)   To the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights The Hub partnered with the Australian Human Rights Institute, the Lead of UNSW’s Grand...

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CovidSafe legislation wins legal support, but with tweaks

Wed 06 May 2020

Allens hub co-stream lead Katharine Kemp and member Graham Greenleaf comment on the Draft privacy legislation for the COVIDSafe app

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The COVIDSafe bill doesn’t go far enough to protect our privacy. Here’s what needs to change

Wed 06 May 2020

Hub stream co-lead Katharine Kemp advises the govt will need to correct earlier misstatements and improve privacy protections to gain trust for...

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Hub roundtable discussion with Australian Human Rights Commission on human rights and technology

Wed 06 May 2020

The Hub recently hosted in a roundtable discussion with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) about its discussion paper on human rights and...

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Will technology save us from COVID 19?

Wed 06 May 2020

Hear Data Protection and Surveillance stream lead David Vaile as he participates in two COVIDSafe app events.

‘COVIDSafe app and Telehealth’ -...

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FLIP Stream releases primer for 2019 topic Change Leadership

Mon 04 May 2020

‘Change Leadership’ was selected for the FLIP Stream's 2019 topic to better understand how lawyers are responding to change, and propose how they...

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Reasons we’re not downloading app

Fri 01 May 2020

Hub Stream lead David Vaile comments about downloading the governments' COVID contact tracing app 

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