ASIC Seeks Power To Read Your Emails

ASIC Seeks Power To Read Your Emails 114

Posted by samzenpus on Friday September 28, 2012 @05:30AM from the let's-take-a-look-mate dept.

nemesisrocks writes "ASIC, Australia's version of the SEC, has called for phone call and internet data to be stored by Australian ISPs, in a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into mandatory data retention. Not only does the authority want the powers to intercept the times, dates and details of telecommunications information, it also wants access to the contents of emails, social media chats and text messages."

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Re:ASIC SEC? (Score:5, Informative)

by TheP4st ( 1164315 ) writes: on Friday September 28, 2012 @06:45AM (#41486315)

The Securities and Exchange Commission is the authority that oversee the stock and securities exchange market in the US, ASIC is the Australian equivalent.

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