Australian Network managers and ISPs act as government and corporate spies in Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 approach


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 The government idea for network managers and ISPs to act as government spies -  empowered by the  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 was revealed as illegal.

 Legal committee warning on proposed section 63E: The bill was referred to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee. The committee reported on 16 November with a recommendation that the bill be passed. There was one substantive reservation by the Liberal senators on the committee: that the proposed section 63E be amended to provide that the section not apply where an agency has requested the disclosure of the information.   ...Log in to read rest of Article or image.
(2010-02-05)

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Article in: [EWN Publishing]
Article Tags: [ Human Rights ][ Security ]


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