September 12 – Pre-Crime film & digital rights night in Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne
Tickets available now via links below! Book early to avoid disappointment or lack of pizza. 6:30 pm at ThoughtWorks. Join us for Pre-Crime, a film where science fiction turns into disturbing fact as forecasting software, algorithms and databases quickly become the new fortune-tellers for future crimes, driving us to ask: how much are we willing […]
EFA joins Access Now & 76 others in asking Ministers to stop anti-encryption legislation
Today Electronic Frontiers joins 76 organizations, companies, and individuals, in sending a letter to leaders in the Australian government asking them “not to pursue legislation that would undermine tools, policies, and technologies critical to protecting individual rights, safeguarding the economy, and providing security both in Australia and around the world.” The letter has been sent […]
Media Release: Doctors, Lawyers, and Privacy Experts Denounce HealthEngine Sharing Patient Health Data With Non-GPs
Australia, Melbourne — Monday 25 June 2018 — EFA, Future Wise and APF today denounced the actions of HealthEngine and its doctor appointment booking system which has been sharing patient data with law firms, marketers, and other entities with the flimsiest pretense of patient consent. “If this ethically dubious behaviour is technically legal, then Australia’s […]
Turnbull Hates your Privacy Online
We see today that the Australian government is still pushing for an encryption backdoor, and isn’t engaging with the Australian public about what they intend to do. The bill is apparently in “advanced stages” without any transparency on its impact to your privacy and security. There are signs Labor may oppose the legislation, so all is not […]
FOI uncovers a three month window to opt out of the My Health Record Scheme – then what?
More concerns than answers have been raised over the Governments My Health Record Scheme after EFA board member Justin Warren made a request for access to the “Operational Blueprint” through the Right to Know FOI platform. In it’s response to the request, the Government made the information public. Unfortunately for your priavcy, detail is light on and the […]