Promoting And Protecting Digital Rights Since 1994
EFA is an independent non-profit association that relies on membership subscriptions and donations. If you’re concerned about digital rights in Australia, please join or donate today.
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EFA Provides Three Actions Everyone Should Take This Privacy Awareness Week
Electronic Frontiers Australia, the premier digital rights body promoting and protecting digital rights since 1994, encourages everyone to support Privacy Awareness Week 2019. The Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner has created a dedicated website for Privacy Awareness Week 2019 with the theme Don’t Be In The Dark. It contains a variety of useful information we encourage people to read. Here are three things to do this week: Get a…
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EFA Condemns Centrelink Tactics To Avoid Scrutiny of Robodebt Program
Electronic Frontiers Australia, the premier digital rights body promoting and protecting digital rights since 1994, is calling for the incoming government to rewind the infamous Centrelink data matching program known as Robodebt. “EFA condemns the actions of the Department of Human Services in deliberately evading scrutiny of the program,” said EFA Chair Lyndsey Jackson. “Dropping the complainant’s $4000 debt at this late stage is suspiciously convenient, and consistent with the…
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Your chance to be a part of EFA’s Board, and make a difference.
Would you like to help shape the future of digital rights in Australia? Are you passionate about protecting civil liberties and free speech? Electronic Frontiers Australia is currently seeking members’ expressions of interest in filling a casual vacancy on the EFA board Consideration will be given to non-members with the right mix of skills and availability, based upon our organisational needs. Becoming a member of the organisation will be required…
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EFA Comms & Policy Assist – Volunteer Role
Policy team The EFA Policy team is looking for a comms support volunteer that can help internal and external communications hum. Firstly, we want to ensure everyone on the policy team knows what is happening and is up to date. We need someone who can: stay on top of our Topic Box (a cool mail manager) – we don’t want to miss stuff or people from our lists give the…
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Digital Rights Policy in Australia needs you! Join the EFA Policy Team
If you have been sitting on the fence lamenting the future of Australian digital rights policy and you want to act, we want you! Get involved in our policy team, flagging your interest is easy. Email us at [email protected] by Sunday 17th of March. We need a bit of info about you which is covered below so we can structure the team. In addition to the expression of interest, we…
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Media Release: EFA says there is no justification for rushing Assistance & Access Bill
Civil society and the technology industry have serious concerns about the proposed Assistance and Access Bill and Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) is extremely concerned that the Australian government is rushing the review of the proposed Assistance and Access Bill. Despite comments made by the Minister for Home Affairs that the Bill needs to be passed quickly and before Christmas, ASIO was not made aware that Mr Dutton intended to hold…
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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.