data retention
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Why I’m Opting Out Of My Health Record (And You Should Too)
It will benefit some, sure. But the privacy risks far outweigh the benefits for most.
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How To Choose The Best VPN In Australia
As of now, Australia’s telecommunications service providers have to store your metadata — records of your phone and internet activity, which can reveal a huge amount of detail — for two years. Approved government agencies can access that data without a warrant. It’s not private information, either. One way to circumvent Australia’s draconian metadata retention…
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Data Retention Laws May Open Up Metadata Access To Civil Court Cases: Have Your Say
Remember the data retention laws that were introduced late last year? It forces telcos to retain metadata on mobile and broadband users for at least two years. The data would assist in criminal and terrorism investigations. Now the Government wants to open the data up to be used for civil lawsuits. It has called for…
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How Data Retention Makes Us All Suspects
Australia’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence & Security (PJCIS) last week endorsed the data retention bill, which means we’re all suspects now.