The security agencies that will most use stored telecommunications data under new legislation before the Australian parliament will not reveal exactly what data they want retained until negotiations ...

The Attorney General has struggled to define metadata and the parameters of a data retention scheme, saying web addresses would be caught in the net. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist and ...

Finally, we know what metadata is, or perhaps more precisely, how the Government is choosing to define it as part of its controversial Data Retention Bill. If the legislation passes the Senate, it ...

The former head of the CIA has said "we kill people based on metadata", but as Australia introduces new data retention laws, the country's security chief says he's "not quite sure" what the fuss is ...

The tired cliche used by those advocating for mandatory data retention is that metadata is the "envelope" not the "letter". That is, it tells you who sent what to whom, where and at what time. Since ...

The report of parliament's Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security follows an inquiry into the laws, which would mean Australians' data would be held for two years by telecos. While the ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The Abbott government has attempted to put an end to the heated debate over the proposed data ...

Ombudsman says ‘greyness’ in metadata definition must be examined as the practice is excluded in legislation Law enforcement agencies are being provided with the web browsing histories of people under ...