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NZ: Police investigating potential privacy breach of firearms buyback database

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Dissent

1NewsNow reports:

Police say they are investigating after a member of the public made them aware of a potential privacy breach involving the firearms buyback programme.

In a statement, police said they were made aware by the person today, and that the online notification platform for the buy-back programme has been closed down while they investigate.

Read more on 1NewsNow.


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