Tag: telecommunications data

‘Serious’ issues with police access to telco data on the rise

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
“Serious compliance issues” with law enforcement access to metadata and content under Australia’s telecommunications interception laws have climbed for the third straight year, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found. The...

Ombudsman slams AFP’s ‘cavalier’ approach to telco data

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A “cavalier” approach to the handling of telecommunications data led to the AFP potentially unlawfully accessing location information hundreds of times, a scathing Commonwealth Ombudsman report has found. The...