Committee to hear from Home Affairs, ASIO and law enforcement on data retention

THE Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) will hold a public hearing for its Review of the mandatory data retention regime.

The chair, Andrew Hastie MP, said, "This hearing will allow the committee to hear from key users of data retained under the meta data retention regime. Hearing from Home Affairs, ASIO and law enforcement on the mandatory data retention regime will allow the committee to explore the sensitive issues around the use of telecommunications data."

The mandatory data retention regime is the legislative framework which requires carriers, carriage service providers and internet service providers to retain a defined set of telecommunications data for two years, ensuring that such data remains available for law enforcement and national security investigations.

Public hearing details

Date: 28 February 2020
Time: 8.30am – 4.3 pm
Location: Committee Room 2R1, Parliament House, Canberra

A full program for the hearing can be found here.

Further information on the inquiry can be obtained from the committee’s website.