Recording of Telephone Calls. -Reply

[Roger Clarke]

On Thu, 01 Oct 1998 01:58:25 +1000, Adam Todd <at@ah.net> asked:
>can anyone (many ones?) tell me what their interpretation of the law
>>regarding recording of Telephone Conversation might be?

I re-posted the above to padvocacy.

Chris COWPER <ChrisCowper@hreoc.gov.au> (Privacy Commner's Office) advises:

>The ACIF guidelines on particpant monitoring include a bit about
>the Commonwealth and State legislation on the issue and a brief
>summary table of state listening devices laws.  It is available
>on the acif web site
>http://www.acif.org.au

Specifically:

ACIF G516 Guideline - Participant Monitoring of Communications
http://203.27.21.60/acif-standards-codes-and-reports/standards-and-codes.htm#TOC
15

ACIF G517 Guideline - Monitoring of Communications for Network Operation
and Maintenance
http://203.27.21.60/acif-standards-codes-and-reports/standards-and-codes.htm#TOC
16

A warning, but:  the ACIF arrangement is one of the great cons of our time:
an utterly toothless tiger ...


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