[LINK] Transparent Proxy Server and Privacy

Glen Turner glen.turner at aarnet.edu.au
Tue Nov 7 12:53:23 AEDT 2006


Howard Lowndes wrote:
> You might find the Telecommunications Act has some thing to say about 
> what use can be made of a carrier's logs.

See S276 of the Telecommunications Act:
   <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ta1997214/s276.html>

It's pretty tight.  We have trouble with their being no exception for
network researchers, like exists for medical researchers and patient
records.

There's also the various privacy laws, but I don't have a good
handle on those.

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