Govt elusive on web history collection

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    Date: 
    21 June 2010

    The federal government has refused to make clear whether it will force internet service providers (ISPs) to record the websites accessed by their customers.

    Australian Greens senator Scott Ludlam asked Labor frontbench senator Penny Wong in question time on Monday whether ISPs would be required to record the web browsing histories of every internet user in the country.

    Senator Wong said the attorney-general's department had been discussing telecommunications data access for law enforcement and national security purposes with industry groups.