metadata

Westpac creates OS for groupwide data management uplift

Westpac creates OS for groupwide data management uplift

Sees cultural shift in divisions and lines of business.
Kate Weber Aug 30 2023 6:56AM Financial Services
Gov to close long-running telco metadata loophole

Gov to close long-running telco metadata loophole

Accepts most findings of a 2020 report.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 21 2023 10:18AM Security
Telcos ask for phased introduction of CDR

Telcos ask for phased introduction of CDR

Comms Alliance also asks for more time.
Richard Chirgwin Oct 18 2022 11:58AM Telco/ISP
Ombudsman sees serious issues spike for surveillance law usage

Ombudsman sees serious issues spike for surveillance law usage

Concerning telco metadata and communications content access.
Ry Crozier Sep 8 2022 6:50AM Telco/ISP
Metadata collection "loophole" costs telcos millions

Metadata collection "loophole" costs telcos millions

Telecommunications Act lets councils, others get around TIA restrictions.
Jeremy Nadel Mar 22 2022 11:40AM Security
Corrective services agencies to receive telco data access powers

Corrective services agencies to receive telco data access powers

Under proposed changes to data retention laws.
Justin Hendry Feb 17 2022 5:17PM Telco/ISP
Australian police, regulators continue unlawfully accessing metadata

Australian police, regulators continue unlawfully accessing metadata

Ombudsman finds.
Justin Hendry Feb 9 2021 4:33PM Security
PJCIS slams loophole used by councils, others for telco metadata access

PJCIS slams loophole used by councils, others for telco metadata access

Says the government should close it.
Ry Crozier Oct 28 2020 8:05PM Telco/ISP
Councils still keen to keep telco metadata on tap

Councils still keen to keep telco metadata on tap

Says telcos should provide access 'as good corporate citizens'.
Ry Crozier Mar 26 2020 12:44PM Telco/ISP
Data retention 'ambiguity' sees cops given web browsing histories

Data retention 'ambiguity' sees cops given web browsing histories

Telcos sometimes turning over full URLs in metadata requests.
Justin Hendry Feb 7 2020 4:39PM Security
Poor debate, understanding damaging tech laws: Labor

Poor debate, understanding damaging tech laws: Labor

"Policy has fallen too far behind the pace of technological change".
Justin Hendry Nov 20 2019 1:37PM Strategy
NSW Police request telco data from 14 years ago

NSW Police request telco data from 14 years ago

To crosscheck against new evidence that emerges in cold cases.
Justin Hendry Sep 18 2019 3:33PM Security
Qld Police want telco data held for seven years

Qld Police want telco data held for seven years

Two years too short for lengthy investigations.
Justin Hendry Sep 11 2019 4:26PM Security
ABC uses machine learning to improve results in revamped search

ABC uses machine learning to improve results in revamped search

Makes it easier to text-search podcasts.
Ry Crozier Sep 3 2019 6:55AM Software
Telstra worried about how data retention scope-creepers store what they extract

Telstra worried about how data retention scope-creepers store what they extract

Says they demand too much data, sometimes don’t pay.
Ry Crozier Jul 29 2019 3:17PM Telco/ISP
Canberra cops admit to 3000 more illegal metadata access incidents

Canberra cops admit to 3000 more illegal metadata access incidents

Apologises for 3,249 incidences of ‘administrative oversight’.
Simon Sharwood Jul 26 2019 4:59PM Security
Police cop the most blame for illegal telco metadata searches

Police cop the most blame for illegal telco metadata searches

Authorisation errors and typos behind many issues.
Ry Crozier Jul 23 2019 6:27PM Telco/ISP
Aussie telco metadata requests again on the rise

Aussie telco metadata requests again on the rise

First 2017-18 numbers revealed by three agencies.
Ry Crozier Jul 5 2019 12:00PM Telco/ISP
ATO may get direct telco metadata and bank data access

ATO may get direct telco metadata and bank data access

And ‘internet scraping’ tools.
Ry Crozier Nov 26 2018 12:00PM Security
AFP's foreign metadata disclosures dip

AFP's foreign metadata disclosures dip

New figures revealed in quick succession.
Ry Crozier Dec 11 2017 2:30PM Telco/ISP

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