The case took a narrower view of what was considered ‘personal information’ under the Privacy Act than had been taken during the original hearing An order that Telstra hand over some types of a journalist’s personal mobile phone data to the journalist has been overturned by the administrative appeals tribunal.
A former Fairfax journalist,Ben Grubb, had been involved in a lengthy dispute with his mobile phone provider, and Telstra,to gain access to a range of data approximately his phone usage held by the company.
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Source: theguardian.com