[privacy] Australian: Second Government Agency Fires Employees for Spying on Cli ent Records

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via Autralian IT.

[snip]

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.

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.

[snip]

More:
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20284498%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

Previously:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1721505.htm

- ferg


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