[LINK] Australian data breach notification law?

[Ivan Trundle]

On 03/05/2007, at 8:34 PM, Michael Still wrote:

> Howard Lowndes wrote:
>> One of the biggest problems is the relevance of the data being  
>> sought.
>> The other day I signed up to Engin VoIP and one of their mandatory  
>> form
>> requirements was either your driving licence number or your passport
>> number.  What is the relevance of either to a VoIP service?  In  
>> point of
>> fact, it might be quite possible that some old dear, who wants to  
>> keep
>> in touch with the family by low cost phone calls, would have neither.
>> Needless to say, the licence number I gave was bogus.
>
> I think that's a government requirement. Last time I got a cell phone
> (many years ago) I had to show a license too. It was a gift for my
> mother in law, and the complexity of changing the "owner" of the phone
> is a story for another day.
>
> I think they do it so they can track "people of interest". You know,
> like people who have an opinion about things that differs from theirs.
>

<grin>

You're just paranoid, Michael. We only track foreigners.

It's clear that you're not from around here. In Australia, we need to  
show our *licence* to buy a *mobile phone*...

</grin>

iT