Government can’t be trusted with Access Card database
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today said that the latest in a long series of embarrassing data security breaches proves that the Commonwealth government can not be trusted to maintain the security of the proposed Health Services Access Card database. “The government has dozens of databases containing sensitive and personal information about millions of every-day Australians,” […]
Access Card Submission
EFA’s submission to the Department of Human Services in relation to the Exposure Draft of the Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 pointed out problems with the new proposed legislation, including privacy issues and over-reliance on questionable biometric technology for fraud prevention. See EFA Media Release
IPND Scheme
EFA has sent a submission in support of the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s proposed Integrated Public Number Database Scheme which is being established following the enactment of the Telecommunications Amendment (Integrated Public Number Database) Bill 2006.
Draft changes to Telecommunications Privacy Laws
EFA’s submission to the Attorney-General’s Department expresses serious concerns about the Exposure Draft of Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2007. The draft contains new powers enabling law enforcement agencies to access telecommunications data without a warrant, which were not recommended in the Blunn Review Report, and other provisions that are contrary to some recommendations […]
Access Card Bill seriously deficient
The exposure draft of an Access Card Bill has exacerbated EFA’s opposition to the system. The broad powers to be granted to the Minister and DHS officers facilitates function creep, negates implied promises about limits on storage of information in the national ID database, and possibly even enables the collection of fingerprints, etc. Proposed offences […]