Well, Australia is also looking at (and probably soon to pass) similarly draconian legislation. The EFA is Electronic Frontiers Australia -- see http://www.efa.org.au/Campaigns/cybercrime.html >EFA lodged a submission with the Inquiry into The Law Enforcement >Implications of New Technology being conducted by the Joint Committee on >the National Crime Authority. EFA is very concerned about proposals put >forward by several law enforcement agencies for legislation to require >Australian ISPs to retain transaction logs of all user activities. We >consider the monitoring or data warehousing of Internet traffic or content >on a mass scale to be highly privacy-invasive and an infringement of the >human rights of Internet users. This proposal, if not strongly opposed by >Internet users, is likely to foreshadow a move towards a Bill similar to >the draconian Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill (R.I.P.) recently >passed in the U.K. The submission will be made available on EFA's website >as soon as the Committee has granted permission for it to be made publicly >available (this is normal prodecure in accord with Parliamentary inquiry >rules/procedures). The Committee's report is likely to be tabled in the >Winter sittings of Parliament. Greg. At 04:35 PM 7/29/2001 -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote: >The DMCA and the Terrorism Act appear to provide exactly such laws. >What has been passed recently by the other signatories to the UKUSA >agreement that created Echelon? Greg Rose INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qualcomm Australia VOICE: +61-2-9817 4188 FAX: +61-2-9817 5199 Level 3, 230 Victoria Road, http://people.qualcomm.com/ggr/ Gladesville NSW 2111 232B EC8F 44C6 C853 D68F E107 E6BF CD2F 1081 A37C
