, including giving them the ability to order the removal of online abuse, force web services and app stores to remove access to websites or apps, and unilaterally enforce verification systems — for example, a face scan — before users look at age-restricted material (i.e. porn).
The bill has sparked a backlash from groups including privacy advocates and the sex industry, and has yet to pass the Senate. But in light of the scandals that engulfed Canberra in March, the bill has become more totemic to the government as a blunt tech solution to a broader culture problem.
As part of an attempt to reform the public service, the government is proposing a bill that would make it easier for government bodies to share data with businesses, researchers and each other, in order to to improve government services, policy, research and development.
However, there are concerns that facilitating the free flow of data between government services would see that data end up in the wrong hands.
Critics of the bill say it will give away more data than is necessary, and that it could be used for purposes that go beyond its stated aims — for example, enforcement of the NDIS scheme.
Last week, the Senate committee reviewing the bill said that it needed further privacy protections.
The elephant in the room of the Data Availability and Transparency Bill is the review of Australia’s creaking Privacy Act.
The review was commissioned at the end of 2019 by then-attorney-general Christian Porter as part of the government’s response to the Digital Platforms inquiry.
The act itself is more than 30 years old — passed just as the internet was made available to its first universities in Australia, and long before Facebook was even a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg’s eye — and has become a patchwork of different amendments as other laws change around the act.
Compared with something like Europe’s world-first GDPR privacy reform, Australia’s major piece of privacy legislation is looking a little worse for wear.
The review will consider how we define personal information, what is exempted, whether a tort for serious invasions of privacy should be introduced, and how effective our current scheme is when it comes to notifying people when their data has been breached.
Drafted under a Peter Dutton-led Department of Home Affairs, this proposed law seeks to beef up police powers by creating increasingly intrusive warrants that don’t even need to be signed off by a judge.
The bill gives the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) three new types of warrants that will let them modify, add, copy or delete data, access devices and networks, and take over people’s online accounts for an investigation.
Beyond this, the bill would give members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and even executives of police agencies the power to award these warrants in an emergency.
These non-judicially granted warrants must be reviewed by a judge as soon as possible — but the data that’s obtained by an incorrectly granted warrant does not need to be destroyed.
The Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills sounded the alarm about this legislation earlier this year in a scathing report.
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is spearheading a scheme to centralise how Australians prove they are who they say they are online.
In the same way Facebook and Google users are able to use their logins on a range of services, the proposed Digital Identity system hopes to do the same across government services and, eventually, even businesses.
The system would replace having different accounts across different services and would use facial recognition software as part of it. The DTA says it will be optional.
While the DTA has yet to release a draft bill, there appears to be growing consensus from governments about their desire for such a system. The national cabinet agreed in principle to the idea of a “seamless digital identity” in April.
The review of the controversial encryption-busting Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act, the Productivity Commission’s Right to Repair inquiry, and the Identity-matching Services Bill (which would introduce a national facial recognition database) if the government decides to reintroduce it.
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major mp3 stores (including Itunes & Beatport).
- Near Earth Object - Come Dance With Me!
FREE net release!
Program.006 is now available and can be downloaded for free!
Also available on my Soundcloud page and on the Program.Records page. For higher quality, please check my Bandcamp page.
Out now! New 3 track EP on 66kHz Productions! 3 deep technotracks that will rock the floor.
Again, thanks to all the people @ NEW for the chance to play a liveset @ De Affaire festival in Nijmegen.
Weather was nice, people were great, loved it!
Liveset is now available on my Soundcloud page.
Free download. Please share/comment!
our new Hand Built Robots project! Check them out!
Please share it as much as possible, and come watch some live gigs. Well worth it!
Have A Nice Day - festival on the 6th of July.
One of Holland’s best kept secrets when it comes to underground dance music. Looking forward to this one!
On the 19th of July I will be doing a brand new Near Earth Object liveset @ the Valkhof festival in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Be prepared for some nice deep techno and electro. More info available soon.
Check out the Valkhof website or have a look at their Facebook page. Hope to see you there!
Good news! The track I made under alter ego Adam Link has been selected for release on NEW CD 9.0!
“Don’t Leave me” is a track that was heavily influenced by oldskool breaks, rave and dubstep. The CD will be released as a free download on Esc. Rec and will also be available on many websites and portals. To get a hardcopy, visit some of the upcoming release parties or ask me at one of my live gigs.
More info here and on my Soundcloud page. Check it out!
Now online: a DJ mix by Near Earth Object with some favourite tracks of 2013. Free download, and available on my Soundcloud page and on my Mixcloud page.
Includes some unreleased tracks by yours truly and great tracks ranging from ambient to techno.
This year I will be doing my first liveset ever as Adam Link, for the release parties of the upcoming NEW 9.0 CD that features tracks from a wide range of Dutch electronic music producers. First release party will be @Burgerweeshuis (Deventer) on the 1st of February, followed by another @Doornroosje (Nijmegen) on the 8th of February!
My first ever liveset as Adam Link was a lot of fun!
After some unexpected delay, I’m very proud of this new release on Program.Records! And best of all: it is a FREE download. I’ve always had a love for this kind of groove.
Also available via my soundcloud & bandcamp pages.
On the 9th of june 2014 I will be playing a 2 hour dj set @ the “Met Hart En Ziel” festival, thanks to my colleagues from DJ School Utrecht. Looking forward to playing a long DJ set. What better way to finish a long weekend with many activities, new talent, art, food at a one of a kind historic location!? Hope to see you all there!
is finally here! A brand new 4 track EP by R030 from Utrecht (NL) on Program.Records, including an acid-fueled remix by label owner Near Earth Object. A warm blend of techno with trance elements and deep grooves & sounds.
Black Void Musik, Preparing for a great live concept with Symbiotic Sessions, working on a brand new live set and new tracks AND some projects that will be announced soon.
So stay tuned or come see me live. Hope to see you there!
at its finest. Check it out and please share if you like it!
Thanks for your support and have a great 2016!
Recently I was asked to do a remix for this great Dutch band: Beatbusters feat. Def P. To celebrate their latest album, they asked a wide variety of musicians to remix one of their tracks. No rules, no restrictions. The result is awesome, and I am proud to be a part of this in the form of a remix as Adam Link. Check out the release here!
gigs in the next months. You can expect dark and moody techno plus some haunting visuals. All live and improvised.
I will also be doing some workshops at this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event and will be joining my Symbiotic Sessions colleagues for a ADE sunday jamsession.
Due to several other great musical projects like Symbiotic Sessions, Reblin and DESYNKRONOSIS there was no time for my own label. But now it is finally here: Program 011! Near Earth Object - Ripchord (+rmxs) will be available after the 4th of november 2016 in all major online record stores. Includes remixes from Dutch techno artists Mech and Voidh.<reponame>farkasmate/PyDiscordBot<filename>README.md
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