Tag: australia
  • Apr 12, 2017 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, VPN,

4/13 is Australia’s National Get a VPN Day as ISPs and telecoms officially begin metadata retention

April 13th, 2017 is now “National Get a VPN” Day for the entire country of Australia. In March 2015, Australia passed the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill (info). The law mandates metadata retention by Australian internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunication companies (known as carrier service providers in Australia). Australians scramble to get a VPN … Continue reading “4/13 is Australia’s National Get a VPN Day as ISPs and telecoms officially begin metadata retention”

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  • Jan 3, 2017 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Despite promises, metadata gathered by Australian mass surveillance may be made available to civil litigators, not just law enforcement

Australia, one of many countries that conducts mass surveillance with mandatory metadata logging laws, is planning to make your private information available in civil proceedings. When Australia initially passed the mandatory logging laws in 2014, government proponents, such as AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin, emphasized that information was only supposed to be made available for the … Continue reading “Despite promises, metadata gathered by Australian mass surveillance may be made available to civil litigators, not just law enforcement”

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  • Dec 16, 2016 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

Court approves Australian #siteblock on The Pirate Bay, Solarmovie, Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt, and others

Australian Federal Court has ordered that 61 websites associated with The Pirate Bay, IsoHunt, TorrentHound, SolarMovie, and Torrentz, be blocked by Australia’s internet service providers (ISPs). Australian internet users have been rebelling against the court order en masse and reporting their dismay using the Twitter hashtag: #siteblock. The site blocks have been enacted under a … Continue reading “Court approves Australian #siteblock on The Pirate Bay, Solarmovie, Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt, and others”

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