Australian Metadata Retention Legislation Will Hit Parliament This Month

We still don’t know exactly what data will be retained, but the Federal Government confirmed this morning that it hopes to have legislation forcing telcos to retain a wide range of metadata about customer activities for a period of two years, something that’s likely to cost $200 million or more (and therefore make the cost of internet access higher).

Picture: Getty Images

Luke at Gizmodo has full coverage of the announcements this morning. The legislation will be introduced once a parliamentary standing committee investigating its scope reports, which is expected to happen before the end of the month. Prime Minister Tony Abbott described the current approach to data retention as a “burning platform”, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to be honest.

Here’s How Tony Abbott Defines Metadata [Gizmodo]


The Cheapest NBN 50 Plans

Here are the cheapest plans available for Australia’s most popular NBN speed tier.

At Lifehacker, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


3 responses to “Australian Metadata Retention Legislation Will Hit Parliament This Month”