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Fri 02 Feb 2009Bill to give guidelines on data has bizarre features
Attempts to regulate data retention have a long and tortuous history, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON
THE LEAKING of the Government’s draft Bill on data retention this week has revealed the State’s latest policy approach to this troublesome and controversial topic. It is just the latest stage in a saga that began in 2001. How did we get from there to here?
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