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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/13/2015 12:45, Paul Brooks wrote:<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/10/2015 12:19 PM, Damien
        Gardner Jnr wrote:<br>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On 13 October 2015 at 12:16, Peter
              Fern <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                  class="">On 10/13/2015 12:07, Damien Gardner Jnr
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                  > It occurs to me that if folks were
                  latency-sensitive, it would be a<br>
                  > simple matter to find an overseas company who has
                  .au endpoints?<br>
                  > There are plenty around -  ExpressVPN, PureVPN,
                  BlackVPN, Overplay,<br>
                  > and VPNSecure come to mind quickly.<br>
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                </span>But then they're subject to data retention...<br>
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              <div>How do you figure that? A US company (especially one
                who is only providing VPN services, so is not an ISP) is
                not subject to data retention..?<br>
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      Are you sure about that?<br>
      I'm not convinced the nationality of the company is relevent. A US
      company that provides a VPN service (a relevent service) from
      infrastructure it owns or operates physically located in
      Australia, would be subject to data retention requirements for
      that server in Australia <b>and arguably every other server on
        the globe that provides the VPN service.</b><br>
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    Nationality is not relevant, but unless you qualify as a Carrier or
    CSP you're not eligible.<br>
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