The passage of Australia’s data retention regime: national security, human rights, and media scrutiny

In 2015, the Australian government passed the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act, which requires ISPs to collect metadata about their users and store this metadata for two years. From its conception, Australia’s data retention scheme has been controversial. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicolas Suzor, Kylie Pappalardo, Natalie McIntosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2017-03-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/454