Australian police spy on web, phone usage with no warrants
Posted in: Government & Policy at 18/02/2012 16:18
Australian law enforcement and government agencies are accessing vast quantities of phone and internet data without warrants, prompting warnings of a growing "surveillance state" and calls for tighter controls.
The Attorney-General's Department has released figures showing federal and state agencies accessed telecommunications data and internet logs more than 250,000 times during criminal and revenue investigations in 2010-11.
To read this report in The Age and SMH in full, see:
www.theage.com.au/national/phone-net-watchers-fuel-surveillance-state-fears-20120217-1teea.html
www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/police-spy-on-web-phone-usage-with-no-warrants-20120217-1tegl.html
