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[ NNSquad ] Re: Alarming "rumors" re Australia's proposed data retention regime
Hello, Q: The data retention drive in Europe and Australia specify a length of time for which the ISPs/Telecoms have to retain data. In Australia, "the government was only going to require a retention period of two years at this stage" during which period the Government Agencies may access the data. Are we to assume that the Government Agencies will selectively access specific information on rare individuals and discard most data after the 2purpose is served? Or could there be a possibility that the Law and Order Agencies need this time (6 months or two years) to access, sort and mirror the data to be stored in their own data servers indefinitely? If I am completely wrong, is it explicitly mentioned anywhere that "neither the ISP nor the Governments" will retain data beyond 6 months / 2 years ? If the draft legislative documents are silent on time limits for retention of the data accessed by law and order agencies, there is definitely the possibility that some data will be retained INDEFINITELY. Sivasubramanian M. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> wrote: > > Alarming "rumors" re Australia's proposed data retention regime > > http://bit.ly/9kuYSa (ZDNET) > > --Lauren-- > NNSquad Moderator >