[AusNOG] No Data Retention for ISPs - for now

[James Andrewartha]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2014, Skeeve Stevens wrote:

> Thing is... I can't help feeling that any government attempt for data retention could be challenged in the courts.
> The stupid thing is, they are only proposing a record of the communication, not the communication itself - as another example
> used, it is keeping a copy of the letters envelope, but not what is inside... how useless in proving anything.

The US Postal Service keeps a copy the front and back of every letter 
sent, they call it mail cover. They grant 15,000-20,000 law enforcement 
requests every year. Metadata is powerful.

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