[QUOTE]Contentious data retention laws have passed Federal Parliament, with both major parties voting for the legislation in the Senate.
The laws will force telecommunications providers to keep records of phone and internet use for two years and allow security agencies to access the records.
Companies already retain the data but for varying durations and in an unregulated environment.
Source:
[URL]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/data-retention-laws-pass-federal-parliament/6351278[/URL][/QUOTE]
NSA: Down Under.
Well, hopefully they can handle the stuff I look at.
[QUOTE=Xonax;47398702]Well, hopefully they can handle the stuff I look at.[/QUOTE]
Furby Quartets?
No more linux distros for me.
I can hope it will fail in the senate but it sounds like it's bipartisan.
[quote] Require telecommunications companies to retain customer's phone and computer metadata for 2 years
Define which types of data must be retained, such as phone numbers, length of phone calls, email addresses and the time a message was sent, but not the content of phone calls or emails and explicitly exclude internet browsing
Detail which agencies are able to access the data
Give security agencies access to the data when they can make a case that it is "reasonably necessary" to an investigation
Still require security agencies to obtain a warrant before accessing the actual content of messages or conversations
Introduce an independent oversight mechanism, allowing the Commonwealth Ombudsman access to agency records, in a bid to boost privacy protections
Give the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security oversight of the use of metadata by the AFP and ASIO
The Government is negotiating with telcos about who will pay for the new system[/quote]
At least it's only available to ASIO and ASIS rather than the police; that's some consolation. It also doesn't monitor internet content.
[QUOTE]The laws will force telecommunications providers to keep records of phone and internet use for two years and allow security agencies to access the records.
Companies already retain the data but for varying durations and in an unregulated environment.[/QUOTE]
Nothing major, I guess it will only affect us if we shoot up a school (Only joke pls asio)
Even better than that, introduced into Parliament today was the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015.
The bill will allow copyright holders to go to the Federal Court and apply to have certain websites banned from access if they are hosted outside Australia.
[url]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5446[/url]
The Court will have to be convinced that the primary purpose of the website is to infringe copyright, or to facilitate the infringement of copyright.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;47399248]Even better than that, introduced into Parliament today was the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015.
The bill will allow copyright holders to go to the Federal Court and apply to have certain websites banned from access if they are hosted outside Australia.
[url]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5446[/url]
The Court will have to be convinced that the primary purpose of the website is to infringe copyright, or to facilitate the infringement of copyright.[/QUOTE]
I have to say, that one is probably worse. Sounds like they're trying to sneak that past the radar.
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