Labor faces resistance in push to expand police access to GPS data in missing person cases
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#65MPQ)
Communications minister says proposed changes could save lives' but Greens voice concerns about possible data misuse
Police would be given more access to location data from phone companies to find missing people at risk of harm under a federal government push to lower the bar for telecommunications providers to assist law enforcement.
But the Greens and a leading civil liberties group have raised issues with the plan, voicing concerns over the possible abuse of GPS data access.
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