<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Paul Brooks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pbrooks-ausnog@layer10.com.au" target="_blank">pbrooks-ausnog@layer10.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>To be more clear on this - webhosting
companies that <b>only</b> do webhosting of sites, and do not
also act as an ISP and provide end-user connections (That is, they
are not a Carriage Service Provider because they don't supply
lines or links to others), are excluded as you are not deemed to
be an ISP.<br>
If you provide end-user connections as an ISP, AND you provide
webhosting services, then the webhosting you provide IS included
in your data retention obligations, as they are services provided
by an ISP, and ISPs have to do data retention.<br>
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The distinction is in the definition of ISP in the Broadcasting
Services Act:<br>
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<a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/bsa1992214/sch5.html" target="_blank">http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/bsa1992214/sch5.html</a><span class=""><br>
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"<br>
<p><a name="14ddbbdd166bfd4b__Toc417552762"><span>8 </span> Internet service
providers </a></p>
<p>Basic definition </p>
<p>
(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, if a person supplies, or
proposes
to supply, an internet carriage service to the public, the
person is an
<b><i>internet service provider </i></b>.<br>
"<br>
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and the Note:<br>
"Note: If a company makes internet content available for access
on the internet, and an individual obtains access to the content
using an internet carriage service, the company and the individual
are end users in relation to the carriage of the content by the
internet carriage service."<br>
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Simply saying "webshosting is excluded" is too simplistic. If you
are an ISP, then your webhosting service is included.<div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Slightly Diverging from the topic here, but how do you think an Australian company that only provides a VPN or Proxy service fit into this?</div><div><br></div><div>--Damian</div></div><br></div></div>