Australia: Centrelink Staff Fired for Privacy Breaches
Hundreds of Centrelink staff have been caught inappropriately looking up the records of friends and ex-lovers.More here.
The privacy breaches were uncovered using specially designed spyware software.
As a result of a two-year investigation, Centrelink has uncovered nearly 800 cases of what it has described as inappropriate access by staff to customer records.
Nineteen staff have been sacked and nearly 100 resigned when they were confronted with the allegations.
Five of the cases have also been referred by Centrelink to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
posted by Fergie @ 8/24/2006 01:50:00 PM
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