EFA is @ aus.social

We're at the other place @ aus social.

“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.”

“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.”

Public statement: The massive Latitude Financial data breach proves privacy must take priority efa.org.au/2023/03/27/lat…

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. vice.com/en/article/7k8…

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.

"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/2022-11-2…

Meta fined $275m after data-scraping fiasco leaked 533m Facebook users' profiles reg.cx/46zF?utm_sourc…

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!

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

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-used-en…

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee - Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - 17/11/2022 (Canberra) #Hansard transcript bit.ly/3Ol21EL

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

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_…

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

Australia sets up 100-strong permanent 'operation' to target hackers itnews.com.au/news/australia…

@ok_lyndsey @chipswoon Thank you for all your hard work!

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

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/mygov_…