Proposed National Security changes are a threat to civil liberties and privacy
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) is deeply concerned about the proposed changes to National Security legislation foreshadowed in the Discussion Paper issued this week by the Attorney-General’s Department for consideration by Federal Parliament’s Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. These proposed changes, if implemented in their entirety, would appear to amount to a massive expansion of […]
EFA welcomes inclusion of ‘fair use’ in Copyright Review
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) welcomes the decision by the Attorney-General to include consideration of the doctrine of fair use of copyright material in the final terms of reference for the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) Review of the Copyright Act in the digital environment. EFA was one of a number of advocacy groups that […]
Rally for Julian Assange – Melbourne Sunday 1st July – 12pm
Telstra shows worrying lack of concern for customer data
EFA is concerned about recent reports that Telstra has been sending the details of URLs visited by all subscribers to its NextG mobile network to a third party located outside Australia. Telstra has confirmed that they have been forwarding this information to a Canadian company, Netsweeper, who they are working with to build a database […]
EFA welcomes Parliamentary recommendation to not ratify ACTA
EFA welcomes the recommendation from the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) of the Federal Parliament that Australia should not ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) at this time. EFA Secretary Kim Heitman said, “The Committee is to be congratulated for its astute assessment that the ACTA treaty should not be ratified while debate rages […]