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  Scott Ludlam no luddite

  Scott Ludlam is the voice of the Australian Greens on ICT issues and has earned a reputation for not holding back when it comes to protecting civil liberties in the digital age.

• Petition against data retention law runs into Senate wall

  The Senate has beat back a Pirate Party petition against a proposed data retention law under consideration by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.

• No one should control Web: Berners-Lee

  The creator of the World Wide Web warned not to hand over power of his invention to the government.

• Financial incentives do more for security than regulation: McAfee CTO

  A US security expert has applauded the Australian federal government’s approach to improving cyber security but suggested that businesses may need a financial carrot to bring their systems in line.

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  Web inventor says proposed data retention laws a "bad idea"

  Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the world wide web, has issued a warning that Australia’s proposed data retention laws are a “really, really bad idea”.

• Attorney-General's Dept unsure of cost of data retention scheme

  The Attorney-General’s Department has told a parliamentary inquiry it has not yet assessed the potential costs of implementing proposals around data retention, despite several estimates from industry it could cost hundreds of millions.

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  ASIO insulted by statements it could abuse data retention powers

  David Irvine, director-general at ASIO, has said it is insulting to think ASIO staff would abuse powers given to it around data retention.

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  Senate calls for justification on data retention

  A Senate inquiry into online privacy protections has called on the Federal Government to justify its data retention proposal, include an “extensive” cost-benefit analysis and wide stakeholder consultation.

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  Fight for VoIP data at centre of data retention

  Members of the Federal Attorney-General’s Department revealed on Friday that the data retention regime currently under examination with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) is largely a result of fleeting data records kept by service providers for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications.

• Privacy Commissioner calls for accountability, consistency on data retention talks

  The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, has told a Senate inquiry that any talks about a data retention regime from organisations or government needed to be consistent and accountable to stakeholders.

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  Senate data retention inquiry to be delayed

  Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, will propose a Senate inquiry’s report into data retention and online privacy be delayed when Parliament next sits.

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  iiNet braces for AFACT appeal

  Have you ever received a letter from your Internet provider for downloading something you shouldn’t have? Like a movie or an album?

• Ixquick slams EU proposal to store search traffic

  Global search engine, Ixquick, has slammed the European Government’s proposal to retain all Internet search traffic as part of an alleged crack-down on paedophiles.