A loophole in Australia’s metadata retention laws allowing non-law enforcement agencies, including local councils, to access telecommunications data will be shut as part of a suite of legislative reforms to be progressed by the Albanese government. The proposed reforms will also see the government introduce new local hosting requirements for the customer information that telecommunications…

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