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AU: Federal court launches snap investigation of its asylum seeker data breach

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Dissent

Ben Butler reports:

The federal court has launched a snap investigation of how it potentially broke the law an estimated 400 times by revealing the names of asylum seekers on a public website.

John McMillan, a senior lawyer, former commonwealth ombudsman, privacy commissioner and inspector general of intelligence, is conducting a review into how the names of some of the most vulnerable people to come before the court were published on the commonwealth courts portal.

McMillan’s appointment was announced on 28 April and he is scheduled to report to the court next month.

Read more on The Guardian.

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