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PostSubject: OZschwitz: Libertarian Senator David Leyonhjelm flags amendments to bad metadata retention laws    OZschwitz: Libertarian Senator David Leyonhjelm flags amendments to bad metadata retention laws  Icon_minitimeTue Mar 24, 2015 2:22 am

Senate crossbencher David Leyonhjelm will attempt to amend metadata retention laws, warning new powers will allow the government to spy on its citizens.

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The Liberal Democrat will join independent Nick Xenophon and the Greens in seeking tougher privacy safeguards when government legislation is debated in the upper house this week.

Senator Leyonhjelm says collection of metadata is wrong in principle and practice.

He wants to exempt lawyer-client discussions from scrutiny and to limit access to personal information by government agencies.
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"I'll try to make it less bad, but even if my amendments succeed ... it will still be bad law," he told reporters in Canberra on Monday.

If passed, the laws will force Australian phone and internet providers to store for two years all of their customers' metadata for access by law-enforcement and intelligence agencies without a warrant.

The data includes the time, date and location of a communication, but not its contents.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/senator-david-leyonhjelm-flags-amendments-to-bad-metadata-retention-laws-20150323-1m5b1t.html
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