IPND Bill introduced
The Telecommunications Amendment (Integrated Public Number Database) Bill 2006 was introduced into Federal Parliament. This Bill will improve privacy protection for telephone subscriber information stored in the IPND and will implement a situation substantially similar to that advocated in EFA’s July 2005 submission to the ACMA concerning data sourced from the IPND. Unfortunately however the […]
Telemarketing Standard
EFA sent a submission in response to the ACMA’s Discussion Paper on an Industry Standard for the Making of Telemarketing Calls. The ACMA is required by the Do Not Call Register Act 2006 to develop a national telemarketing standard to provide consumers with greater certainty regarding the minimum level of behaviour they can expect from […]
UnSmart Access Card
EFA is deeply concerned by the planned rollout of a so-called Access Card smart card linked to a centralised database containing identification, and other, information about almost every adult Australian and Australian residents. The proposal is flawed because it produces a “honeypot effect” – a highly attractive and richly rewarding single target for criminals engaged […]
Do Not Call Register Law Passed
The Do Not Call Register Act 2006 has now been enacted by Parliament. The Register is expected to commence in the first half of 2007. On 28 Nov 2005, EFA made a submission in response to the Discussion Paper titled Introduction of an Australian Do Not Call Register issued by the Department of Communications, Information […]
Labor’s mandatory ISP blocking scheme
EFA has issued an analysis of Labor’s recently announced scheme. We conclude that mandatory ISP filtering would not be effective in protecting children. PC based filtering remains more effective. Our analysis includes information about why that is so. Kim Beazley appears to have latched onto an ineffective and unworkable proposal issued by The Australia Institute […]