[LINK] Australian data breach notification law?

[Michael Still]

Howard Lowndes wrote:
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> 
> 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 don't think you will find that it applies to VoIP, which this was.

Well, isn't VoIP a phone line just like a land line or a cell phone?
That was my point. The government wants reporting on who is buying
"lines", so they can track them.

Mikal