[AusNOG] LAW REVIEW - Data Retention for Content Service, Providers and Hosting Service Providers

[Chad Kelly]

On 8/27/2015 11:25 AM, ausnog-request at lists.ausnog.net wrote:
> Data Retention Issues
> We are confident that Intervolve will not presently be caught by the legislation as drafted.  We have also had a look around for any hints as to future declarations. Estimating costs is extremely difficult should such a declaration ever be made.  We have used the estimate from PwC that were given to the government to give some sort of guidance. We have also included guidance on creating a data retention plan.
> Do the metadata retention laws apply to Intervolve?
Have you spoken to the AGD directly?
Your advice in this review is similar to the advice i've been given by a 
few other hosting providers. But the advice through the AGD and the CAC 
varies considerably.
But this review also varies from the departments own advice given in the 
May version of the Frequently asked questions, which were produced to 
clarify the previous concerns over the unclear nature of the previous  FAQ.
Long story short, the latest FAQ doesn't  seam to exclude hosting 
providers at all, in fact it seams to include both hosts and resellers 
of infrastructure and both providers with and without their own networks.
Most of the concern with people who rent infrastructure appears to be 
around the storage of email data.
Most of us have been talking about this over the last few months, just 
not all publicly.
Regards Chad.



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Chad Kelly
Manager
CPK Web Services
web www.cpkws.com.au
phone 03 9013 4853