metadata
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Centrelink Says Telco Metadata is Only Used to Support Potential Criminal Cases, Not Compliance
Services Australia clarifies where it uses your metadata.
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A Review of Australia’s Metadata Laws Finds Too Many People Can Get Their Mitts on Your Data
Australia’s metadata retentions laws are making it too easy for too many people to access Australian’s data without warrant, according to a review of the controversial scheme. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has published a report that reviews how the scheme, first implemented in 2015, has been working in practice. The scheme…
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Peter Dutton Would Like More Agencies to Access Your Metadata
The Department of Home Affairs and its minister, Peter Dutton, have been considering an expansion of the agencies who can access Australia’s controversial metadata pool, new information has revealed. A ZDNet report, using information supplied to CommsDay under an FOI request, has revealed Dutton had been in correspondence with various agencies from the country’s states…
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Australian Police Can See More Of Your Metadata Than You Think
A senate hearing has revealed Australian telcos might be giving away more metadata to police than first realised due to “ambiguities” in the controversial data retention laws. This means law enforcement officials have a pretty good clue of what you’ve been looking at just by looking at the URL.