Australia's Privacy Boss Slams Gov't Data-Retention Scheme

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 28, 2010 @05:52PM from the here-we've-got-czars-instead-of-bosses dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "The Australian Government's privacy commissioner has slammed its plans to implement a data retention scheme, in which it would ask telcos and internet providers to store the browsing and calling logs of Australian subscribers. He said the scheme would put user privacy in jeopardy because data will lie around at the behest of law enforcement. The Aussie scheme would be based on that which exists in Europe under the EU Directive. The directive aims to give law enforcement authorities the ability to ascertain the identity of a person using a public network to communicate by mobile, fixed line, email, or internet. The directive defines 'data' to be collected as 'traffic data and location data and the related data necessary to identify the subscriber or user.'"

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What about Google's data retention scheme? by JDmetro · 2010-10-28 18:00 · Score: -1, Redundant

Who do you trust more the Aussie government or Google?
Man... by rakuen · 2010-10-28 18:41 · Score: -1, Redundant

You want to see what I see on the Internet, man? I will show you things, man. Crazy things, man. Things you've never even seen before, man. You won't be able to handle it, man. Your mind will melt, man! Game over, man! Game OVER, man!