[LINK] Government could demand Web history
Richard Chirgwin
rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au
Sat Jun 12 12:47:19 AEST 2010
Ben,
My concern is that the articles - not just yours, everybody's - don't
make the distinction clear.
It's ill manners to single you out, for which I apologise, but your
article is at hand ...
Second par:
> The Attorney-General's Department yesterday confirmed to ZDNet
> Australia that it had been in discussions with industry on
> implementing a data retention regime in Australia. Such a regime would
> require companies providing internet access to log and retain
> customer's private web browsing history for a certain period of time
> for law enforcement to access when needed.
Did the AG department state that the regime under consideration includes
web browsing history?
> In March 2006, the European Union formally adopted its data retention
> directive (PDF), a directive which the Australian Government said it
> wished to use as an example if it implemented such a regime.
>
> "The Attorney-General's Department has been looking at the European
> Directive on Data Retention, to consider whether such a regime is
> appropriate within Australia's law enforcement and security context,"
> a statement from the Attorney-General's Department to ZDNet Australia
> said yesterday. "It has consulted broadly with the telecommunications
> industry."
This *appears* to confine the government's considerations to those
aspects of data retention contained in the EU directive - which do not
reach as far as retaining all Web browsing history.
As you say, we'll probably see more light next week.
Cheers,
RC
Ben Grubb wrote:
> Richard,
>
> I wrote the original ZDNet article.
>
> The government says it is considering the EU Directive. My ISP sources say the government wants to go further that it, logging web browsing history and emails. It's as simple as that.
>
> More light shed next week I'm sure.
>
> Regards,
> Ben Grubb
>
> On 12/06/2010, at 8:28 AM, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
>
>
>> Gee, a fact or two would be a nice thing ... something traceable that
>> gets beyond speculation.
>>
>> My reading of the European directive is that it doesn't require
>> retention of browsing history (happy to be corrected if I'm wrong). So
>> is the AG's department considering aligning with the EU (not collecting
>> records of sites visited) or going further than the EU? I haven't read
>> any story in which the journalist noticed the distinction.
>>
>> And oh! goody! our rights are to be defended yet again by EFA, whose
>> record hardly portrays a highly effective and successful lobbying
>> organisation ... <sigh>
>>
>> RC
>>
>> anthony.w.hornby at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Saw this on ZDNet earlier today
>>> http://www.zdnet.com.au/govt-wants-isps-to-record-browsing-history-339303785.htm
>>>
>>> Wonder if the public debate on this will be pre or post election <grin>
>>>
>>> All this big brother stuff is very worrying.
>>>
>>> Regards Anthony
>>>
>>> On Jun 11, 2010 1:23pm, Kim Holburn <kim at holburn.net> wrote:
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>>>> http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1276352/Canberra-wants-browser-histories-Reports
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>>>>> Government could demand Web history
>>>>>
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>>>>> 11 June 2010 | 01:09:01 PM | Source: SBS Staff
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>>>>> The government has reportedly confirmed that it has been looking at
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>>>>> forcing ISPs to retain the web browsing history of Australian
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>>>>> residents for future scrutiny.
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>>>>> Internet service providers have been in discussion with the Attorney
>>>>>
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>>>>> General's Department on ways to implement the data retention regime,
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>>>>> reports internet and technology website ZDnet.
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>>>>> In a statement, ZDnet was told that the government had been
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>>>>> examining an EU directive which compels companies to keep customers'
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>>>>> data for a specified period, to be readily available to law
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>>>>> enforcement agencies.
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>>>>> "The Attorney-General's Department has been looking at the European
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>>>>> Directive on Data Retention, to consider whether such a regime is
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>>>>> appropriate within Australia's law enforcement and security
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>>>>> context," the Department said.
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>>>>> The head of the Internet Industry Association confirmed the
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>>>>> discussions, but told ZDnet he did not think the government would
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>>>>> push ahead unilaterally, without public debate on the issue. The
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>>>>> government has been heavily criticised over the last year for
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>>>>> Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's plans to enforce mandatory
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>>>>> internet filtering in Australia. Campaigners, as well as internet
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>>>>> giants such as Google, have condemned the moves.
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>>>> --
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