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Australia: Metadata retention commences, but breach notification is delayed

Posted on October 21, 2015

On 13 October 2015, substantial amendments to the Australian Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth) (TIA) took effect to introduce a new metadata retention scheme into the TIA. This scheme requires telecommunications carriers and internet service providers (telcos) operating in Australia to maintain records of certain telecommunications data, known as ‘metadata’, for a period of two years.

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