Whilst there appears to have been a great deal of thought put into the legal analysis by FastMail to exclude themselves from these new laws, I'm sure that should the Australian government see a requirement for FastMail to retain emails, then a court case and government lawyers will make an alternative case.

Interesting that FastMail recently went out to say that they don't fall under US laws either and don't have to comply with a US NSL: http://blog.fastmail.com/2013/10/07/fastmails-servers-are-in...

I'm starting to wonder which laws FastMail do fall under. Denial is a wonderful thing until it slaps you across the face like a wet fish.

I'd like to add, that I like FastMail as a company and I deeply dislike the concept of bulk data retention. However, rather than FastMail state which laws they don't fall under, I'd like to know which ones (from which countries) that DO apply.