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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 this public health crisis we need leaders who can speak honestly, transparently, and clearly to the public about their plans…
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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, Transparency and Accountability and on getting the balance right. To better inform the discussion, EFA is launching EFA Talks… an online lecture…
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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 rights in Australia. There are people in life who have your back, even if you don’t realise it. Those people…
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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 SC at the hearing on 20 February 2020 that the legislation has the potential to be used for mass surveillance…
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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 laws – a long-overdue edit to this fundamentally bad legislation,” said Digital Rights Watch’s Lizzie O’Shea. “These amendments outlined in…
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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 seriously with the complex issues of data privacy and security. The ANAO report, Implementation of the My Health Record System,…
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What We Do
Policy
We actively monitor a number of policy areas and specific issues. The topics below provide a detailed view of EFA’s policy positions.
Copyright
Australia’s copyright laws are outdated, inflexible and not fit for the digital age. As such, EFA is a long-standing supporter of reform of Australia’s Copyright Act.
Privacy & Security
Privacy is fundamentally about consent and control over access to information, and goes hand-in-hand with security. Privacy is a human right.
Censorship
Adults should be able to make their own informed decisions about what content they create and consume.
Encryption
Access to encryption technologies is vital for individuals and groups to be able to safeguard the security and privacy of their information.
Internet Safety
Surveillance is not safety. Safety for whom, against what? This complex problem is more likely to be exacerbated, rather than solved, by measures that allow for unaccountable surveillance and the undermining of communications security.
Surveillance
EFA is committed to ensuring that Australian’s home life is not subject to arbitrary interference.