Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

Dev.SN ♥ developers

Australia's Asylum-Seeker Database Leaked

posted by Dopefish on Friday February 21 2014, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the another-nope-from-down-under dept.

RobotMonster writes:

"The Guardian reports that a vast database containing the full names, nationalities, location, arrival date, and boat arrival information for a third of all asylum seekers held in Australia -- almost 10,000 adults and children -- had been inadvertently released by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in one of the most serious privacy breaches in Australia's history.

The disclosure of the database is a major embarrassment for the federal government, which has adopted a policy of extreme secrecy on asylum-seeker issues. As the department is likely to have breached Australia's privacy laws, it will be interesting to see what the repercussions are for the people who should be held responsible."

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Australia's Asylum-Seeker Database Leaked | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 1000 moderator points   | 28 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by edIII on Friday February 21 2014, @05:08PM

    by edIII (791) on Friday February 21 2014, @05:08PM (#4546)

    Nice UID :)

    Yeah, I doubt that truly responsible people ever suffer consequences in this world anymore.

    We can absolutely destroy a young mother with millions in punitive damages, and possibly even jail time, over some copyright infringement.

    Isn't that done ostensibly because those warez sites and resulting torrent/data traffic causes untold billions upon trillions upon gadjagagillions of money lost to the economy and dead puppies and bruised fruit?

    If what they say is true, why are they not suing the shit out of those ad networks for supporting terrorism and crime? Where is the hundred million dollar lawsuit against McDonalds for supporting piracy?

    The double speak, logical fallacies, and double standards of those groups is simply staggering to behold sometimes.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +4  
       Insightful=1, Interesting=3, Informative=1, Overrated=1, Total=6
    Extra 'Interesting' Modifier   0  
    Total Score:   5  

  • (Score: 1) by SMI on Friday February 21 2014, @05:59PM

    by SMI (333) on Friday February 21 2014, @05:59PM (#4568)

    Thanks, I agree. Please mod up!