The Queensland Police Service says that there is a case for extending from 24 months to seven years the length that telcos need to retain ‘metadata’ to comply with Australia’s data retention regime.
A police officer with Queensland Police is being subject to an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to confidential information.
The Queensland Police Service has fixed two separate technical issues that impacted the transfer of criminal checks to other agencies and of banning notice data.
The Queensland Police Financial and Cyber Crime Group is warning small businesses of a scam that has cost one local business $1.9 million.
Australia Post has launched its digital identity service, allowing consumers to verify who they are to companies and government online.
Fairfax technology journalist, Ben Grubb, was arrested by Queensland Police at the AusCERT security conference held on the Gold Coast.
