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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Surveillance Was In The DNA Of Breached Medtech
Following the MediSecure breach, EFA slams unethical surveillance tech trials on Indigenous communities.
