ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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EFA Calls On Australian Government To Trust Australians With Details On Contact Tracing App
Australia, 17 April 2020 – Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) calls on the Australian government to start talking meaningfully and in detail to technologists, rights advocates, and the general public about its proposed contact tracing app. “The government has for some time demonstrated an aversion to transparency and plain speaking. In…
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EFA Talks – Digital Rights During COVID-19 Pandemic
In a time when both Federal and many State Parliaments will not sit until August 2020, it is more important than ever that citizens ensure that the decisions being made by our elected representatives in this time of public health crisis are focused on the key issues of Health, Justice,…
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Vale Peter Tonoli
We have terrible news to share with you about the sudden death of our Vice President, Peter Tonoli. We express our sincere condolences to his family and friends and express our thanks for the significant contributions which Peter made over many decades to the shaping of the internet and digital…
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EFA raises mass surveillance concerns in INSLM’s encryption act review
Electronic Frontiers Australia’s Angus Murray attended the public hearing of the review by Australia’s Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Dr James Renwick SC into the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 (Cth) (TOLA). Mr Murray (Chair of EFA’s Policy Committee) raised EFA’s serious concerns to Dr Renwick…
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Press Release: Major amendments to encryption laws are a step in the right direction
A coalition of human rights organisations, telecommunication industry and technology companies have today commented on the proposed amendments to the TOLA (Assistance and Access) Act 2018, tabled today in the Senate by Senator Kristina Kenneally. “It’s welcome to see the introduction today of Labor’s proposed amendments to these deeply flawed…
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EFA and Future Wise Urge Seriousness From Government On Health Data Security
Digital rights groups Electronic Frontiers Australia and Future Wise today expressed their disappointment in the management of privacy and security of the My Health Record system, as highlighted by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)’s report released on Monday 25 November 2019. They called on the Australian government to engage…