Electronic Frontiers Australia - promoting and protecting digital rights in Australia since 1994.
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27 Mar 2023
Public statement: The massive Latitude Financial data breach proves privacy must take priority
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“Enough is enough,” said Justin Warren @jpwarren, Chair of EFA. “There is now no credible reason to deny Australians the privacy protections we’ve been demanding for years.”
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“Those organisations that have put in the work are at a massive disadvantage when companies like Latitude are allowed to make mistakes on this scale. Unless the market incentives are changed, we will continue to see data breaches like this. Australians are fed up.”
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6 Dec 2022
New: A ransomware gang claims to have stolen 375 gigabytes worth of employee and customer data from the Australian real estate giant, LJ Hooker, including passport scans, credit card details, and loans data. LJ Hooker says it's notified relevant agencies.
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29 Nov 2022
This will not change until individuals can seek redress for the harm they suffer when companies fail to adequately protect data they collect about us.
29 Nov 2022
"An ABC investigation has identified large swathes of previously unreported confidential material that is widely available on the internet, ranging from sensitive legal contracts to the login details of individual MyGov accounts" abc.net.au/news/2022-11-28/c…
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29 Nov 2022
"An ABC investigation has identified large swathes of previously unreported confidential material that is widely available on the internet, ranging from sensitive legal contracts to the login details of individual MyGov accounts" abc.net.au/news/2022-11-28/c…
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28 Nov 2022
Meta fined $275m after data-scraping fiasco leaked 533m Facebook users' profiles reg.cx/46zF?utm_source=twitt…
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28 Nov 2022
HOT OFF THE PRESS:
The Bill to amend the Privacy Act to increase penalties and OAIC powers has now passed both Houses of Parliament, with only one minor clarifying amendment.
$50M max penalties for breaches of the Australian Privacy Act will commence in the next day or so!
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28 Nov 2022
Doesn't have to be Optus or Medibank, interested in people's recent conversations with any company holding their data. What did they say? @choiceaustralia
27 Nov 2022
In the wake of the Optus and Medibank data breaches, have you requested that a company delete your personal data? What was their response? Send me a DM or email jblakkarly@choice.com.au @choiceaustralia
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21 Nov 2022
Police used encryption powers without rigorous controls.
“instances of statutory non-compliance, or, at best, a failure by agencies to demonstrate compliance with key safeguards and requirements” had occurred.
innovationaus.com/police-use…
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17 Nov 2022
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee - Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - 17/11/2022 (Canberra) #Hansard transcript bit.ly/3Ol21EL
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16 Nov 2022
This is it in a nutshell - Parliament has required ever more data collection often under the guise of 'national security' and been reckless as to the consequences this would have on people's privacy
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16 Nov 2022
Today we're appearing at a public hearing for the senate inquiry into the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill, alongside other civil society groups, @efa_oz and @apf_oz.
More details about the inquiry here: aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Bus…
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16 Nov 2022
Reminder from @efa_oz that "you can't lose what you don't have" - we need a systemic change from the over collection of data that it's impossible to look after perfectly
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15 Nov 2022
Australia sets up 100-strong permanent 'operation' to target hackers
itnews.com.au/news/australia…
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14 Nov 2022
Naww. Look what I just had delivered from my wonderful digital rights fam at @efa_oz 💜💜💜
Naww. You will make me cry 😢
Thank you @chipswoon for organising xx
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The @OAICgov is reviewing @ServicesGovAU access refusal decision for myGov Code Generator app source code. Details of my initial request, decision, internal review application and decision, and link to my IC review application letter at @RightToKnowAu : righttoknow.org.au/request/m…
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Organisations need to take effective steps to prevent breaches caused by malicious or criminal attacks – the leading source of breaches notified to the OAIC. This includes training staff and improving cyber security systems and processes.
See our report: oaic.gov.au/privacy/notifiab…
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