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Australia Passes Mandatory Data Retention Law

Posted by timothy on from the what's-in-the-box dept.

Bismillah writes Opposition from the Green Party and independent members of parliament wasn't enough to stop the ruling conservative Liberal-National coalition from passing Australia's new law that will force telcos and ISPs to store customer metadata for at least two years. Journalists' metadata is not exempted from the retention law, but requires a warrant to access. The metadata of everyone else can be accessed by unspecified government agencies without a warrant however.

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  1. Don't blame me. by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 5, Funny

    I voted Greens.

  2. Re:Hugh Pickens and Bennett Haselton: journalists? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please see current government definition:

    Journalist : Some one who write pro-government articles and will willingly share the sources with said government

    Non-Journalist : Everyone else.