Here's why police were able to illegally access the call logs of a journalist
 

Here's why police were able to illegally access the call logs of a journalist
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It shouldn't come as a surprise that allowing for a privacy invasion might just result in one's privacy...being invaded.

On Friday, Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Andrew Colvin admitted that an investigator had accessed the call logs of a journalist without getting a warrant first.*

The country's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act requires authorities to seek a Journalist Information Warrant before accessing records. Colvin told reporters the breach was a result of "human error."*

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"It should **t have occurred. The AFP takes it very seriously and we take full responsibility for a breach of the Act but I also want to say there was ** ill will or malice or bad intent by the ******rs involved who breached the Act," he said. Read more...

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