2010
12 days
to go!
An SSO Media Publication Est.
2008 www.
sstar.
net.
au Issue 088 Thursday 17 June 2010
Internet
privacy
at riskAndrew M.
Potts
The Attorney-General’s department is in
discussions with the telecommunications
industry over a plan to...
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2010
12 days
to go!
An SSO Media Publication Est.
2008 www.
sstar.
net.
au Issue 088 Thursday 17 June 2010
Internet
privacy
at riskAndrew M.
Potts
The Attorney-General’s department is in
discussions with the telecommunications
industry over a plan to record and store
internet users’ private web browsing
histories so they can be searched by police
and other security agencies.
The Rudd Government plans to base its
scheme on one operating in the European
Union which has been decried by civil
liberties groups there.
Under the European Directive on Data
Retention, communications providers
retain data for up to two years to trace and
identifythesourceofacommunication,the
destination of a communication, the date,
time and duration of a communication,
the type of communication, the
communication device, and the location
of mobile communication equipment.
Under the European Directive it is not
necessary for a judicial warrant to be
sought before data is made available to
investigators.
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