[1] A prominent Australian lawyer has warned that the federal government’s mandatory data retention bill has big potential for mission creep.
[2] The bill, that aims to force ISPs to store customer metadata for two years, is viewed by the lawyer as a “little more than a shell” for a mandatory retention scheme.
[3] He stressed that the bill lacks the detail required for guaranteed protection of individuals’ privacy.
[Source] http://www.itnews.com.au/News/398971,metadata-laws-open-to-scope-creep-lawyers.aspx