Curious About Metadata – What Will The Government Collect by Adelaide Techguy Posted on August 10, 2014May 5, 2017 Tech Advice THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT & METADATA “Metadata is understood by government officials to include the following : Telephone numbersThe time and length of phone callsThe internet protocol addresses (IP addresses) of computers from which messages are received or sentLocation of parties making phone callsTo and from email addresses on emailsLogs of visitors to chat rooms onlineStatus of chat sites – whether they are active and how many people are participatingChat aliases or identifiers (the name a person uses in a chat room online)Start and finish times of internet sessionsThe location of an individual involved in communicationsThe name of the application someone uses online and when, where and for how long used Metadata is not: The content of a communication such as a phone call or an emailThe subject line of an emailThe content of the discussion in a chat room online (what is said)The content of a mobile phone text message (SMS)Attachments to emails such as photos or videosWeb camera transmissionsWebsites a person visits (i.e. browsing histories)The name of a website a person visitsThe substance of a person’s social media posts” — http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/what-is-metadata-and-should-you-worry-if-yours-is-stored-by-law-20140806-100zae.html More information on this can be found at SMH ” What Is Metadata “ Share this:TweetLike this:Like Loading...