TY - Report AU - Nigel Brew PY - 2012 T1 - Telecommunications data retention - an overview PB - Parliamentary Library (Australia) DO - https://doi.org/APO-31600 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/31600 AB - This background note outlines the types of communications data generated by use of the Internet, email and phones, why law enforcement agencies want it retained, and what existing access law enforcement agencies have to such data. ER -