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BS: Activists To Send ‘Leak’ Complaint To Data Watchdog

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Dissent

Neil Hartnell reports:

The Save the Bays activist group yesterday informed the data protection watchdog it will submit a formal complaint over the leaking of its private e-mails, once its own investigation and legal analysis is completed.

Ferron Bethell, the attorney acting for the Save the Bays plaintiffs, branded the leak as “one of the most significant Bahamian data breaches in recent times” in his March 30 letter to Sharmie Farrington-Austin.

Expressing appreciation for the Data Protection Commissioner’s call for any formal complaints to be submitted to her office, Mr Bethell said he and his clients were working to identify the source of the disclosures.

Read more on Tribune242.


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