Policy : June 2004

Spyware laws to go before Parliament

Computerworld reports that the Australian Democrats are drafting a proposed bill "under which harvesting without consent corporate or personal information via a Web site or with software applications for marketing purposes will be classified as "spyware"."...

Proposed Telecommunications Interception Act Flawed

The Electronic Frontiers Association (EFA) has highlighted flaws in the Federal Government's third bill to amend the Telecommunications Interception Act....