[AusNOG] From the AGD - Data Retention - Starts October 15 2015

[Skeeve Stevens]

Something important to read for all ISPs.

from:
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*Australia's data retention obligations become law*

By Attorney-General's Department

Important message from the Attorney-General’s Department:

>From 13 October 2015, telecommunications service providers that use
communications infrastructure in Australia to provide any of their services
may be required to retain and secure specific telecommunications data for
two years. The obligations apply to licensed carriers, carriage service
providers and internet service providers. However, some services are
specifically excluded—for example, broadcasting services. The data
retention obligations apply irrespective of the size of your company and/or
customer base.

This will ensure that Australia’s law enforcement and security agencies
continue to have lawful access to data, subject to strict controls.

The legislation specifies the types of data that must be retained,
depending on the nature of the service being offered.

Broadly, the data set includes information relating to the:

> source and destination of a communication
> date, time and duration of a communication
> communication type
> location of communications equipment.

This data must be kept for two years. The data set also includes subscriber
and service-level account information, which must be retained for two years
from its creation. Certain types of subscriber information must be retained
for the life of the account and for a further two years after the account
is closed.

Service providers are not required to retain data about services offered by
other providers. For example, a wholesale-only service provider is only
required to retain items in the data set that are relevant to provision of
its wholesale service.

*Service providers that cannot fully comply with these obligations by 13
October 2015 should apply to the Communications Access Coordinator (a
statutory officer within the Attorney-General’s Department) for:*

an extension of up to 18 months by lodging an Implementation Plan that
details how they will achieve compliance in the extended period
an exemption from and/or variation of the data retention obligations in
relation to a specific service.

The Australian Government has announced a package of $131.3 million over
three years to help the telecommunications industry with the upfront
capital costs of data retention. More information will be available at
www.ag.gov.au/dataretention soon. For detailed guidelines, FAQs and
application templates, as well as case-by-case support, email cac at ag.gov.au
or call the Office of the Communications Access Co-ordinator in the
Attorney-General’s Department on 02 6141 2884.

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(Thanks George)


...Skeeve


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