There’s no legal prohibition of VPNs in Australia. There is no corresponding duty to maintain our data completely accessible, although the retention of data is a demand imposed on telecommunication businesses, Jim Lennon, special counsel at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, told Mashable Australia.

Any future management of VPNs in Australia is only speculative at this time, Lennon included. “There will not be an issue that needs solving unless a substantially large number of Australians begin using VPNs,” Lennon clarified. “Thus large that law enforcement authorities felt thwarted, and telecommunication companies’re not going to understand that for awhile.”