The recent determination of the Privacy Commissioner in Ben Grubb v Telstra Corporation Limited [2015] AICmr 35 has clarified the extent to which metadata collected by telecommunications providers will constitute ‘personal information’ for the purposes of Principle 6.1 of the National Privacy Principles (NPP 6.1).  NPP6.1 was the precursor to, and is the equivalent of, the current Principle 12 of theAustralian Privacy Principles). In … Continue reading IS CUSTOMER METADATA CAUGHT BY THE PRIVACY ACT?