RIGHT OF – GOVERNMENT POLICY – AUSTRALIA

Queries over telcos holding data two years

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Original article by Lisa Cox
The Age – Page: 10 : 30-Jan-15

A Senate inquiry into the new metadata retention bill on 29 January 2015 heard from Federal Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim. He argued that the authorities empowered to access the details of telephone calls and internet sessions would usually do so within six to 12 months, and it was therefore not necessary to force telcos and ISPs to store the records for two years. Vivienne Thom, the Inspector-General of Intelligence & Security, also voiced fears the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation may keep the metadata of people no longer deemed a threat

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Fears spur rethink on tax transparency

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Original article by Nassim Khadem
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 5-Dec-14

The Australian Government will consider concerns raised by privacy groups and wealthy individuals about the new tax disclosure laws. Under the changes, which will come into effect in July 2015, the Australian Taxation Office will publish information about the taxes paid by 1,600 public and private companies with $A100 million or more in annual turnover. Wealthy business owners oppose the new laws because they fear they could be kidnapped if criminals find out how wealthy they are

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Metadata to be defined under planned new data retention laws

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Original article by Ben Grubb
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 5 : 28-Aug-14

Australian Attorney-General George Brandis has conceded that the definition of "metadata" is currently too ambitious and vague. He has pledged that new legislation to force telcos and ISPs into storing the information for as long as two years, in order to aid anti-terrorism investigations, will now contain clear details on what types of data are covered. An internal discussion paper has already excluded unified resource locators and destination internet protocol addresses

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