Entries by Dee Ridge

When can Police search your phone in Australia?

  On August 25th, 2022, the Australian Government amended the Surveillance legislation on the identify and disrupt bill 2020. This change allows the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) More rights to search and seize information on your mobile devices. The significant changes with this amendment are new “reasonable suspicion” that […]

Revised data laws encryption laws explained

I am often asked by clients, how people can get into their encrypted messages. There are many ways that this can happen, but from a government viewpoint only; the following excerpts from an article by Griffin legal breaks down the 2018 legislation. A controversial shake up to Australia data laws came into force in December […]