On January 19, 2017, the Federal Court of Australia ruled on an individual's right to access account metadata from a telecommunications provider. The case stems from an individual's request to a telecommunications provider to access the metadata retained by the company regarding his account. The court ruled that the telecommunications provider did not have an obligation to provide an individual with metadata that was not "about" the individual, such as mobile phone network data recording IP address, URL information, cell tower location information, incoming call records, or billing information of incoming callers.
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