Australian Agencies keep all personal and business records trawled, for ever and ever


First 4 of 4 paragraphs shown  Senator Ludlam, 2 Feb 2010 the Australian Law Reform Commission had objected to the Attorney-General’s case that it was impossible to destroy all records of data trawled  - as planned  - under the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009
 Interception, copying, recording:  This was a set of amendments to the Telecommunications  Act, to allow interception, copying, recording and disclosure of electronic communications. The Attorney-General had argued imposing an obligation to destroy copies of lawfully intercepted information was “unenforceable’.
 Secret Police not a law unto themselves: Ludlam reported the Australian Law Reform Commission submission argued the covert nature of interception and access to communications required the safeguard that the intercepted or accessed information eas destroyed as soon as it is no longer required. Ludlam arged (destruction)  "was is not complex or ambiguous and I would argue that it is entirely enforceable, just as it would be with the way we expect law enforcement operators to handle paper material that they might have seized from a filing cabinet”.
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Article in: [EWN Publishing]
Article Tags: [ Human Rights ][ Security ]


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