[AusNOG] Data retention

[Peter Fern]

On 10/13/2015 12:45, Paul Brooks wrote:
> On 13/10/2015 12:19 PM, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
>>
>> On 13 October 2015 at 12:16, Peter Fern <ausnog at 0xc0dedbad.com
>> <mailto:ausnog at 0xc0dedbad.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 10/13/2015 12:07, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
>>     >
>>     > It occurs to me that if folks were latency-sensitive, it would be a
>>     > simple matter to find an overseas company who has .au endpoints?
>>     > There are plenty around -  ExpressVPN, PureVPN, BlackVPN, Overplay,
>>     > and VPNSecure come to mind quickly.
>>
>>     But then they're subject to data retention...
>>
>>  
>> 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..?
>
> Are you sure about that?
> 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 *and arguably every other server on the globe that provides
> the VPN service.*

Nationality is not relevant, but unless you qualify as a Carrier or CSP
you're not eligible.
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