Privacy advocates have slammed the new Medicare Smartcard, describing it as an insecure and technologically inept implementation.
Civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has expressed concern over the erosion of individual privacy if the Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill makes it into law.
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has listed use of ISPs as the government's censors as one of the top concerns in the Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill.
Civil rights group Electronic Frontiers Australia has claimed the legislation introduced by the Australian Parliament to fight spam will give investigators excessive search and seizure powers.
New Australian laws designed to crack down on Internet harassment and usage of the medium to advocate violence have been met with a cautious reaction from online civil libertarians.
Civil liberties organisation Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has dismissed a proposal to restrict access to Internet accounts to those that can satisfy a 100 point identity check as "ludicrous".
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) moved onto the back foot today following remarks by the Information Technology and Communications Minister, Richard Alston, that he was considering tightening providers' responsibility for Internet content.
An online civil liberties organisation has raised serious concerns about the implementation of an e-mail monitoring policy for NSW education institutions, while a teachers' body has issued a guarded response.
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Civil liberties organisation Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has dismissed a proposal to restrict access to Internet accounts to those that can satisfy a 100 point identity check as "ludicrous".
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