Victoria considers updating laws for sexting
The Victorian Parliament’s Law Reform Committee has completed an inquiry into the issue of ‘sexting’ and has issued a series of recommendations which together represent a refreshingly sensible approach to a complex and legally problematic issue. The Terms of Reference define sexting as, “creating, sharing, sending or posting of sexually explicit messages or images via […]
Unlisted numbers: charges to continue
The Senate Committee on Environment and Communications has published a report which recommends against prohibiting charges for silent (unlisted) numbers. This is a very disappointing outcome given that all but one of submissions received (including EFA’s), strongly recommended the introduction of such a prohibition. The Australian Law Reform Commission also recommended the introduction of a […]
EFA welcomes Privacy Breach legislation
EFA welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the Attorney-General that legislation is to be introduced to Federal Parliament today to introduce mandatory reporting of data breaches affecting private data. This legislation has been a long time coming, having first been recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission back in 2008, and EFA has been a strong supporter […]
The Trade Disagreement: Opposition Grows to Controversial Treaty
As the 15th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations draws to a close today, the Internet freedom community is taking stock of what was said, and perhaps more significantly, what wasn’t. Developments over the last few weeks have suggested that the controversial treaty may be losing steam as public opposition gains […]
EFA members elected to ACCAN Board
EFA congratulates two of our life members, Marcus Wigan (current Vice-Chair of EFA) and Nigel Waters, on their election to the Board of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), Australia’s peak consumer body for telecommunications, broadband and other emerging services. Both Marcus and Nigel are long-standing privacy advocates, and Marcus is also an active advocate […]