Hello, Today I resigned from my position as Head of Architecture at the Department of Health in Tasmania, a position I’ve held since December 2021. I’m not going to discuss the factors which motivated this decision, and I don’t have a new job to go to at this time. In […]
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An open letter to the W3C Director, CEO, team and membership CORY DOCTOROWSEPTEMBER 18, 2017https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/open-letter-w3c-director-ceo-team-and-membershipDear Jeff, Tim, and colleagues,In 2013, EFF was disappointed to learn that the W3C had taken on the project of standardizing “Encrypted Media Extensions,” an API whose sole function was to provide a first-class role […]
“Tech-savvy admirers of the late Terry Pratchett have hit upon an idea for a particularly appropriate memorial. It will be everywhere and nowhere, hiding in the code of the internet. Pratchett’s 33rd Discworld novel, Going Postal, tells of the creation of an internet-like system of communication towers called “the clacks”. […]
The two major parties in the Australian Government are scrambling to hash together amendments to the controversial Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014 which is currently before the House of Representatives. We haven’t seen any amendments over the past few days (and a few independents haven’t too […]
There’s a post up on Labor leader Bill Shorten’s site addressing Labor’s position in regards to the draft mandatory metadata retention legislation and specifically to recommendations included in the Parliamentary Joint Committee report, released late Friday. Honestly, it’s not very encouraging. I really think Labor should be outright blocking the […]
Attorney-General George Brandis has faced criticism over a lack of consultation on his metadata legislation. Telecommunications and Internet industry groups have criticised what they describe as a lack of consultation from Attorney-General George Brandis on metadata legislation, as the bill’s future is set to be decided this week. The Parliamentary […]
NEWS RELEASE The Internet Society of Australia has urged its members and all interested parties to take advantage of the opportunity to comment on the draft Online Copyright Infringement Code released today. Following a period for public comment a finalised Code will be submitted in April for registration by the […]
via Maira Sutton, Global Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Frontier Foundation - www.eff.org Hi there, A lot has happened on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) front these past couple months. There was another major leak of a recent draft of the TPP’s Intellectual Property chapter that confirmed that many of […]
Hi All. The Law Society are hosting an interesting seminar later this month in Sydney and the topic is about privacy in the era of modern technology – a.k.a the digital age. This is a very timely and appropriate topic for review as we are faced with brand new moral, […]
The Day We Fight BackFebruary 11th 2014. All, An international day of action has been called for tomorrow against mass surveillance. If you can join, please add your support to this cause. We are calling for adoption of the necessary and proportionate principles of oversight and privacy protection. More information […]
The Internet Society has released a statement in relation to the recent decision regarding the United States’ FCC’s net neutrality rules. 14 January 2014 “Today, the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals in the United States issued a major decision with regards to the Federal Communication Commission’s Open Internet rules. The […]
The following statement was issued by ISOC: Internet Society Expresses Concern over Impact of IntellectualProperty Rights Provisions in Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement(TPP) Draft 18 November 2013 The Internet Society is concerned that the global Internet may be harmed if countries adopt Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) provisions contained in the recently leaked […]
Hi All. For those readers whom are Sydney based, there’s a free seminar on the upcoming changes to Australia’s privacy laws which come into effect next March. The free seminar is being held in the Sydney city next month, looks like it could be worth checking out. If you attend […]
Hi All, If you have any interest at all in your rights to privacy and you happen to live in Australia, I strongly urge you to consider participating in the below event being organised by Electronic Frontiers Australia. There are some significant threats to our basic rights and without action, […]
Yesterday morning I and a colleague made our way to Llewellyn Hall at the Australian National University to hear from the father of the World Wide Web, none other than Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Amongst his many accolades and roles, Sir Tim is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium […]