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Privacy

Minister Shorten: Why should Australians trust the Trusted Exchange System with our personal data?

This statement was written by EFA’s chair John Pane. Tuesday 13th August 2024, Minister for Government Services, Bill Shorten released details of the government’s new Trust Exchange system to extend the recently passed – and still flawed –  Digital ID legislation. Little information outside the Minister’s speech is available. It remains unclear if this is part of the implementation of the new Digital ID initiative, or if it is a stand alone extension of this

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Vale Geordie Guy

We are deeply saddened to announce the sudden passing of Geordie Guy, a passionate advocate for digital rights and a dedicated former Vice-Chair and Board member of Electronic Frontiers Australia (‘EFA‘).  Geordie was a very effective Vice-Chair in the period when EFA was heavily involved in the fight against Stephen Conroy’s internet filtering proposal, which was both a hard fought and successful campaign that included regular appearances by Geordie on NSW breakfast TV, radio and

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EFA Weighs In on Privacy and Digital Rights News

Here’s a roundup of where Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) stands on key issues in the world of digital rights and privacy: EFA on Elon Musk’s X Harvesting User Data: EFA’s chair, John Pane, called the argument that users could reasonably expect their data to be used for training AI models “total BS.” “Using a person’s personal data to train an AI model is another use of personal data beyond the use for which it’s collected.

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Privacy

Albanese Government caves (again) to Big Banks and Big Tech

This post was written by EFA’s chair John Pane. Electronic Frontiers Australia is deeply troubled by the Albanese government’s decision to backtrack on essential privacy and security protections for Australia’s new Digital ID scheme. Under pressure from powerful banking and technology sectors, the government has abandoned the requirement to keep all personal information generated by the Digital ID scheme within Australia. “This is a significant setback,” said EFA Chair John Pane, “as it means that

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Policy

We actively monitor a number of policy areas and specific issues. The topics below provide a detailed view of EFA’s policy positions.

Copyright

Australia’s copyright laws are outdated, inflexible and not fit for the digital age. As such, EFA is a long-standing supporter of reform of Australia’s Copyright Act.

Privacy & Security

Privacy is fundamentally about consent and control over access to information, and goes hand-in-hand with security. Privacy is a human right.

Censorship

Adults should be able to make their own informed decisions about what content they create and consume.

Encryption

Access to encryption technologies is vital for individuals and groups to be able to safeguard the security and privacy of their information.

Internet safety

Surveillance is not safety. Safety for whom, against what? This complex problem is more likely to be exacerbated, rather than solved, by measures that allow for unaccountable surveillance and the undermining of communications security.

Surveillance

EFA is committed to ensuring that Australian’s home life is not subject to arbitrary interference.

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