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Australia's Metadata Retention Laws May Soon Have Extra Customers

posted by janrinok on Friday January 06 2017, @06:23AM   
from the lets-monetize-it! dept.

multixrulz writes:

George Brandis, Australia's Attorney General, is inviting submissions on the possible expansion of access to metadata retained under Australia's telco metadata retention laws. Under existing law, telcos are required to retain metadata for two years, which may be used for law enforcement and national security purposes.

However, the committee also indicated that it was aware of the potential for unintended consequences resulting from a prohibition on courts authorising access to data retained under the scheme and recommended that the Minister for Communications and the Attorney-General review this measure.

Rupert's empire published on this last year, the ABC was late to the party with a story on January 5. I wonder if the AG and the communications minster are aware of the potential for unintended consequences resulting from civil access to this metadata.

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• Re:Astounding breech of privacy Re:Astounding breech of privacy (Score: 1, Offtopic) by zeigerpuppy on Friday January 06 2017, @10:06AM

  by zeigerpuppy (1298) on Friday January 06 2017, @10:06AM (#450155)

  It's called a mobile phone and you probably already carry one friend.

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• Re:Astounding breech of privacy (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2017, @02:02AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2017, @02:02AM (#450548)

  No, I don't. Fuck off. Mobile phones are also voluntary.

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