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 […]
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 supports mandatory data breach notification
At its April Board meeting, the Electronic Frontiers Australia Board voted unanimously to support the implementation of mandatory data breach notification regulations. Karen Higgins, EFA Board Member said, “It is outrageous that an organisation can have a million people’s private details exposed due to slack security, and then does nothing about it. If my birthdate […]
Google getting on board, but can we stop behavioural tracking?
In the last year, the idea of a “do not track” mechanism for web surfers has gained currency. The name invokes the idea of the do-not-call list for telemarketers, which those of us who prefer eating dinner undisturbed will be well familiar. With Google this week endorsing the concept via its Chrome web browser, will […]
Facebook address move raises new privacy worries
Update 19/1/11 10am: Looks like Facebook have suspended this scary new feature for now. Facebook, by now almost synonymous with online privacy woes, has made another change to its platform that has privacy experts worried. The latest move, reported in several outlets, expands the information available to Facebook application developers. Now, users can grant applications […]