Data Retention Should Last One Year, US Gov't Tells Australia 98
mask.of.sanity writes "The United States and Australia will enter bilateral talks in an attempt to unify controversial policies that would force internet providers to retain logs on the online habits of citizens. The US has urged Australia to take a moderate approach as it drafts its legislation and said it should not keep logs for longer than a year. Some EU nations keep the logs for as long as five years, although European nations disagree over the need for the plan." And of course, that's also how long we should keep recordings of everyone's phone calls, and copies of their (opened) mail, too.
Re:A bit of a problem, for anyone named "Bruce" (Score:5, Funny)
quaff down your Foster's.
You are obviously not Australian!
Fosters - the beer Australians wont drink
Australians in the past would drink their own piss if you told them it had alcohol in it. Now they just export it, the crafty buggers.