[AusNOG] Google creepier than Conroy?

[Bevan Slattery]

Phil,

> Borrowing from the Australian Privacy Foundation policy on 
> CCTV Surveillance, I think there is a big difference between 
> data collected in a systematic manner and data collected in a 
> casual manner which gives rise to privacy concerns that are 
> of a different nature and gravity from institutionalised uses. 

Sorry, but quoting CCTV surveillance privacy policy is about as relevant
as quoting the "Blockbuster Video Return Policy".  It simply does not
apply here.  Let me quote something more relevant for you:
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Prohibition on Interception of Telecommunications

Section 7 of the TIA Act states:

    (1) A person shall not:
        (a) intercept; 
        (b) authorize, suffer or permit another person to intercept; or 
        (c) do any act or thing that will enable him or her or another
person to intercept;
        a communication passing over a telecommunications system. 

A person who contravenes subsection 7(1) is guilty of an offence
punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2
years (s105). Note, however, that limited exceptions to the s7(1)
prohibition are specified in other subsections of s7. These include
interception under an interception warrant. 
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