Australian: Second Government Agency Fires Employees for Spying on Client Records
Ben Woodhead writes on Australian IT:
A second government agency has been forced to sack staff for spying on client records, with the Australian Taxation Office taking action against 27 workers for breaches of privacy.More here.
The tax office took action against 24 employees over inappropriate access to taxpayer files last financial year, with another three cases detected this year.
The revelations come a week after multi-millionaire former actor and producer John Cornell - who is facing allegations that he and Paul Hogan held $40 million in Swiss-administered trusts and offshore companies without declaring it to the ATO - accused the tax office of a campaign of media leaks.
posted by Fergie @ 8/28/2006 10:24:00 AM
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