The government will "carefully consider" the impact of new and emerging technologies on Australia's privacy legislation.
The Australian Communications Authority has convened a working group to study the privacy and security implications of mapping telephone numbers to Internet Protocol numbers ahead of a trial next year.
Most telcos are spurred to provide help to emergency services only when it fits their economic agenda, the ACA was told.
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) presented the preliminary report of its project "Vision 2020: Future Scenarios for the communications industry" to the ACIF/ACA Self-Regulation Summit in Sydney today, posing five possible developments for Australia's communications industry.
Australian Internet service providers, notorious for publicly extolling the virtues of customer privacy, are privately assessing where their priorities lie now that a parliamentary report is recommending they log customers’ online activities.
In an exclusive interview, the Australian Communications Authority's retiring chairman Dr Bob Horton explains why consumer rights continue to lag. He touches on other topics including regulating mobile adult content.
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