{"id":4605,"date":"2017-04-28T08:33:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=4605"},"modified":"2020-07-16T02:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T02:11:00","slug":"australian-federal-police-unapologetic-accessing-journalists-metadata-without-warrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/australian-federal-police-unapologetic-accessing-journalists-metadata-without-warrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Federal Police unapologetic after accessing a journalist’s metadata without a warrant"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) admitted on Friday that they had illegally accessed call records metadata\u00a0of an Australian journalist without seeking the proper warrant beforehand. In Australia, like many other countries, there are specific protections to keep law enforcement from willy nilly seeking private information on journalists and whistleblowers. To access the metadata that all Australian Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms are required to keep, the AFP is supposed to seek a Journalist Information Warrant.<\/p>\n

Instead, AFP commissioner Mike Colvin confirmed that an investigator illegally<\/em>\u00a0accessed metadata about a journalist\u2019s call records. The journalist has not been informed of the federal breach of his privacy; furthermore, the investigator that failed to seek a warrant has not been reprimanded at all. The official AFP reasoning from their internal review is that the illegal metadata breach happened due to \u201chuman error\u201d and that there is no evidence of \u201cill will.\u201d The Commonwealth Ombudsman is expected to carry out an audit of the incident next week.<\/p>\n

Reminder: Australian ISPs store metadata on everybody and\u00a0police don\u2019t generally need a warrant to view it<\/h2>\n

Australians that don\u2019t daylight or moonlight as journalists don\u2019t even have the protection of a Journalist Information Warrant. Their metadata, which is officially\u00a0being stored by every ISP and telecom on the continent, is openly available to law enforcement that seek it \u2013 and apparently with minimal oversight. April 13th, the day when the mandatory metadata retention laws (which even the ISPs and telcos<\/a> themselves don\u2019t like) officially had to be followed, has been declared Australia\u2019s Get a VPN day<\/a>.\u00a0What\u2019s worse, it\u2019s very likely that despite promises to the contrary,\u00a0civil litigators<\/a>\u00a0could have access to this metadata as well for civil cases involving such crimes\u00a0such as copyright<\/a> infringement.<\/p>\n

There are those that argue that it doesn\u2019t matter if metadata is accessed. Thankfully, as the evidence mounts that metadata is usable for identification, this minority is shrinking. Metadata leaks are serious because metadata is private data<\/a>. Paul Murphy, from the Media\u00a0Entertainment and Arts Alliance, commented to ABC.net.au<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite all of the requirements put in place before a Journalist Information Warrant can be granted, the system has failed. This latest example shows that an overzealous and cavalier approach to individual\u2019s metadata is undermining the right to privacy and the right of journalists to work with their confidential sources.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Journalists deserve the protections they were promised, but so do ordinary Australian citizens.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Asher_Wolf\/status\/857834725271941121<\/p>\n

When the government won\u2019t protect your online privacy<\/a>, you\u2019ll have to do so yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) admitted on Friday that they had illegally accessed call records metadata\u00a0of an Australian journalist without seeking the proper warrant beforehand. In Australia, like many other countries, there are specific protections to keep law enforcement from willy nilly seeking private information on journalists and whistleblowers. 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