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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 to be used as part of a proposed web filtering product. Though Telstra claims that…
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EFA welcomes Parliamentary recommendation to not ratify ACTA
EFA welcomes the recommendation from the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) of the Federal Parliament that Australia should not ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) at this time. EFA Secretary Kim Heitman said, “The Committee is to be congratulated for its astute assessment that the ACTA treaty should not be ratified while debate rages in Europe and the US on its terms. In particular, the requirements that member countries…
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Australian gamers finally to be treated as adults
EFA welcomes the passage through the Senate of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (R 18+ Computer Games) Bill 2012, which finally introduces an R18+ classification for computer games, bringing the classification system for computer games into line with the existing system for films and online content and with international standards. EFA has been a long and vocal advocate of the introduction of an R18+ classification for computer…
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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 and credit card details get into the hands of hackers, I want to know about…
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EFA congratulates iiNet on its historic High Court victory
EFA congratulates iiNet Limited on its historic victory in the High Court in the long-running Roadshow v iiNet case. The High Court has unanimously dismissed claims made by rights owners that an ISP should act to stop copyright infringements by users or be held liable as authorising those infringements. This means that ISPs don’t have to act on automated notices from worldwide rights societies, or threaten their users with “three-strikes”…
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Federal Court decision highlights need for flexible right of fair use in Copyright Act
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) believes today’s judgement by the full bench of the Federal Court in relation to the Optus TV Now service clearly demonstrates the need for a flexible right of fair use to be introduced to the Copyright Act. The Optus TV Now service is a cloud-based offering available to Optus mobile subscribers that allows free-to-air TV broadcasts to be recorded for viewing later on a mobile or…
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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.