ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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2019 EFA AGM will be held on November 24
The Annual General Meeting of Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc. will be held on Sunday 24 November 2019, via videoconference, at: 16:00 AEDT (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS) 15:30 ACDT (SA) 15:00 AEST (QLD) 14:30 ACST (NT) 13:00 AWST (WA) The videoconference technology used will be Zoom. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/546672541 Nominations have been…
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Aaron Swartz Day CryptoBar
We’re proud to support the Aaron Swartz Day CryptoBar. Come meet other EFA members, 6-8PM, Thursday November 7 – Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, have friendly nerds help secure your stuff, and eat free pizza. Book now at https://pretix.eu/thoughtworks/ASDay2019/ .
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EFA Welcomes PJCIS Rejection Of Facial Recognition Bills
Australia, 24 October 2019: Electronic Frontiers Australia welcomes the news today that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has rejected proposed legislation that would have created a facial recognition mass-surveillance system reminiscent of that used by the Chinese government against its own citizens in Xinjiang and Hong…
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Interested in joining the EFA board?
Nominations to serve as Board members of the EFA are open and are due on Sunday 27 October 2019. The Annual General Meeting is to be held on Sunday 24 November 2019. Details of the format will be forthcoming. The Constitution dictates that at least five (5) positions are up for election each…
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Scheduled Facial Recognition Public Inquiry Cancelled by Australian Government
Media release: Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc (EFA) is concerned that a joint parliamentary inquiry public hearing into Australia’s proposed national facial recognition database was cancelled on Wednesday. The scheduled hearing was part of the inquiry by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and it was expected to review…
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Media Release: Doctors, Lawyers, and Privacy Experts Denounce Sharing Patient Health Data for Secondary Use
Australia, Melbourne — Monday 26 August 2019 — EFA, Future Wise, Digital Rights Watch and APF today call again for a comprehensive review of privacy provisions for healthcare data. Following the HealthEngine scandal in 2018, and the recent use of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) data to assist recruitment into research…
