Joint BSA - Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) Letter to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) regarding Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) report on the Telecommunications and other Legislation Amendment (Access and Assistance) Act 2018 (TOLA). The AIIA and BSA support the Australian Government’s desire to have more powerful tools to aid in the fight against criminal and terrorist activities. Both our associations have engaged in multiple public consultations, urging the adoption of safeguards to ensure that the authorities under the TOLA are not exercised to the detriment of privacy, security and trust in the digital economy.   Read more

BSA | The Software Alliance (BSA) again thanks the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) for the opportunity to testify on 13 May 2020. As a result of our testimony during the public hearing for the inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020 (the Bill), we took several questions on notice that we would like to address. Read more