[1] According to AIMIA, the government’s imperative data regulation law will violate the privacy of every Australian.
[2] With this legislation, it would be mandatory for Australian telco companies to preserve customer data for two years, which include call records, address information, email addresses, and IP addresses.
[3] The Australian Human Rights Commission also thinks this legislation is “beyond what can be reasonably justified”, and urges the government to conduct a trial of one year retention instead of the planned two years.