'Access all areas': Function creep guaranteed in Australia's ID Card Bill (No. 1)

Computer Law and Security Report

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-341

  Greenleaf, Graham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

BILL PROVIDES; COMMONWEALTH AREA; ID SYSTEM; TECHNICAL SOPHISTICATION;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 84979837399     PISSN: 02673649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clsr.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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