The Abbott government will make “substantial” payments to Australian telcos and internet service providers under a new scheme requiring the companies to store data about their customers’ activities for two years.But the communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said he had no firm estimate of the cost of mandatory data retention, and argued the companies – not the government – were responsible for ensuring the safety of customer information.
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Australian Government will pay telcos and ISPs under metadata retention bill
The Abbott government will make “substantial” payments to Australian telcos and internet service providers under a new scheme requiring the companies to store data about their customers’ activities for two years.