[LINK] Centrelink staff sacked for privacy breaches

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:47 AM 23/08/2006, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>that have all or nothing access controls - if you can access the system
>>you can view anything.
>...this assumes they have policies on this in the first place...in which 
>case these policies should be implemented in the ICT systems...it seems 
>convenient to blame the ICT system.

If they don't have policies, they certainly have law. It's called the 
Privacy Act of 1988.

I think they do take it seriously, but not exactly well.

Jan

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