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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."
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(Score: 1) by Popeidol on Saturday February 22 2014, @04:12AM
That is a very interesting angle. The Australian Government has been getting some attention from the UN over our harsh treatment of refugees, and how they respond to this will probably be closely scrutinized by the international community. If the government's own incompetence has increased the danger these people are in, that puts them in a very difficult position: If they continue as they are now they could face serious consequences, but if they do the humane thing they look weak to many of the hardline supporters they've built up with the current policy.