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Australian cops broke data law while checking a journalist’s calls

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Theres a good reason why privacy and civil rights advocates object to far-reaching data collection laws: even if most police and spies are well-meaning, its all too easy for others to abuse their power or make mistakes. And the Australian Federal Police just provided a good example of this problem. The law enforcement agency has admitted that it violated Australias Telecommunications Interception Act by accessing the data of an unnamed journalist without the necessary special war…
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