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04-14-2016, 08:41 AM
Australian Federal Police admits requesting journalist's metadata
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The Australian Federal Police have admitted for the first time they requested to access a journalist's metadata, according to a report in The Guardian. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/federal-police-admit-seeking-access-to-reporters-metadata-without-warrant)
The report states the police were attempting to track down the confidential sources of the publication's journalist Paul Farrell.
SEE ALSO: 5 massive problems with Australia's metadata retention regime (http://mashable.com/2015/10/12/australia-meta-data-problems/)
The request for Farrell's metadata was revealed when the AFP admitted to the privacy commissioner it had requested "subscriber checks" — access to telecommunications account details — and email records, according the The Guardian.*
Farrell had put in a request for his police files, as every Australian has the right to do, and received his file in February. The 200-page documents he received showed the Australian Federal Police had launched an investigation into one of his stories. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/australian-federal-police-journalist-metadata/)
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The Australian Federal Police have admitted for the first time they requested to access a journalist's metadata, according to a report in The Guardian. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/federal-police-admit-seeking-access-to-reporters-metadata-without-warrant)
The report states the police were attempting to track down the confidential sources of the publication's journalist Paul Farrell.
SEE ALSO: 5 massive problems with Australia's metadata retention regime (http://mashable.com/2015/10/12/australia-meta-data-problems/)
The request for Farrell's metadata was revealed when the AFP admitted to the privacy commissioner it had requested "subscriber checks" — access to telecommunications account details — and email records, according the The Guardian.*
Farrell had put in a request for his police files, as every Australian has the right to do, and received his file in February. The 200-page documents he received showed the Australian Federal Police had launched an investigation into one of his stories. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/australian-federal-police-journalist-metadata/)
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