Federal Court rejects application for Telstra to supply 'personal' metadata

By Tim Biggs
Updated January 26 2017 - 11:08am, first published January 20 2017 - 6:20pm
The case between the Privacy Commissioner and Telstra was sparked two years ago when the former ordered the telco to supply metadata on request. Photo: Craig Sillitoe
The case between the Privacy Commissioner and Telstra was sparked two years ago when the former ordered the telco to supply metadata on request. Photo: Craig Sillitoe

 A long-running battle over whether or not telcos should have to provide stored metadata to customers on request — which evolved over numerous appeals into a battle over which data should be considered personal — appears to have come to an unsatisfying end this week in Australia's Federal Court.

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