Australia's Internet service providers (ISPs) are reacting “angrily to tight timeframes and an ongoing lack of clarity from the Attorney-General's Department (AGD) about the impending data retention regime,” IT News reports. At a briefing this week, ISPs expressed frustration over the lack of clarity about what they need to do under the new law, which goes into effect in October. “The briefing was intended to provide ISPs and telcos some guidance,” the report states, “But industry members reacted angrily to a presentation from AGD data retention lead Jamie Lowe over a perceived lack of clarity around the data to be stored as well as extremely tight compliance timeframes”—with implementation plans to be in place by mid-August.
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