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Australia's federal parliament considers anti-spyware legislation [priv]
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:00:04 -0700
For your linking pleasure, I've placed the PDF that Adrian sent me here: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/au.spyware.bill.101705.pdfHere are two columns I've written about the problems of U.S. "anti-spyware" legislation:
http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5892166.html http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5690270.htmlOne thing I noticed based on a very quick read of the Australian legislation is that it seems to contain no exemption for police installation of key loggers. That could be entertaining if a Scarfo-like prosecution yields prison time for police.
Also it may prohibit workplace monitoring, at least if the electronic equipment is not owned by the employer (the network security limitation is not broad). And I'd guess that some companies let people bring their own laptops to work.
-Declan -------- Original Message -------- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:57:13 +1000 From: Adrian McCullagh <a.mccullagh () isrc qut edu au> Organization: Information Security Research Centre To: 'Declan McCullagh' <declan () well com> Dear Declan, I thought your readers might be interested in that in Australia there is a new Spyware Bill before our Federal Parliament. It is controversial in some aspects. Attached is a copy. I am presently doing any analysis for m law firm Phillips Fox. Attached is a copy of the proposed legislation. Dr. Adrian McCullagh Adjunct Professor Telecommunications and Secure Electronic Business Law Information Security Institute Queensland University of Technology 126 Margaret Street Brisbane, 4000 Australia; Tel: 61 (0)7 3864 9555 ( Wed, thur, Fri) Special Counsel Phillips Fox Lawyers Tel: 61 (0)7 3246 4052 (Mon, Tue) _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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