<div dir="ltr"><div><br><br></div>FYI<br><br>Data retention plans leaked before Cabinet briefed<br><br>Summary: Mandatory data retention is expected to be among a tranche of changes to anti-terrorism laws set to announced by the Australian federal government, but the Federal Cabinet has yet to be briefed on the proposals<br>
By AAP and <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/au/josh-taylor/" rel="author">Josh Taylor</a> | August 5, 2014 -- 02:17 GMT (12:17 AEST)<br><br><br><p>Cabinet is meeting in Canberra on Tuesday to sign off on a new
package that would force telecommunications to retain customer data for
up to two years.</p>
<p>Cabinet's national security committee is understood to have approved
on Monday night laws to make it mandatory for telecommunications
companies to store customer data for at least two years.</p>
<p>The government has yet to detail what exact data sets that it would
want the companies to store for access by government agencies.</p>
<p>The data can already be accessed without a warrant for criminal and
intelligence investigations, but monitoring of internet or telephone use
over a period of time requires a warrant from the attorney-general.</p>
<p>The government had originally said it was putting off the proposal
for the time being, but news of the fast-tracked approval of the
controversial plans was leaked to the Daily Telegraph this morning.</p>
<p>It appears, however, that Liberal ministers were unaware of the
proposals prior to it being reported in the media. At a doorstop this
morning, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull declined to comment on
the proposal, stating that it had yet to appear before Cabinet.</p>
etc at:<br><div><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/data-retention-plans-leaked-before-cabinet-briefed-7000032321/">http://www.zdnet.com/data-retention-plans-leaked-before-cabinet-briefed-7000032321/</a><br><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Terry Sweetser (SkyMesh CTO) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:terry+AusNOG@skymesh.net.au" target="_blank">terry+AusNOG@skymesh.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Noggers,<br>
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What thoughts and plans do people have in place for the possible legal requirements for data retention?<br>
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VoIP and PSTN CDRs are very much an easy-beat, no one would be discarding those as quickly as 2 years.<br>
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But mail logs? Web clicks? What scope are we talking about here? How far will we possibly (be forced to) go?<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
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