Planning to avoid Australia's data laws? Not all VPNs are created equal

On Tuesday, Australia's controversial data retention regime officially kicked off to the dismay of privacy advocates and Aussie Internet users, but perhaps to the benefit of virtual private networks providers (VPNs).

Passed in March, the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015, which mandates the collection of every Australian's metadata by telecommunication companies, will see information such as IP addresses, who you've emailed, and the date and time you made calls, stored for two years, among other bits of personal data.