Australian companies that provide the basic economic potential of the country, will soon be empowered to intercept e-mails and other correspondence network of their employees thanks to new laws aimed at combating cyber-terrorism, according to Reuters.
Current legislation allows citizens to check the personal information only national security agencies, but the validity of the instrument governing the relationship between citizens and the security services, will expire in June 2009, after which the unprecedented security measures will come into force.
Government's position on this issue voiced Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard. ... But look at the infrastructure problems: if the banking system will be compromised if our electronic network will be compromised - all this will have a huge impact on society. We just want to make sure that our communications networks are not under the gun cyberterrorists ' - she said in an interview with local television.
Several civil liberties groups sharply criticized the law of the future. ...