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[privacy] Australia: Police Got Sensitive Student Data Just By Asking
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:28:29 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sounds like the Aussies took a page from the U.S. playbook. Via The Sydney Morning Herald. [snip] The University of Sydney has provided confidential student information to law enforcement officials without demanding a warrant, subpoena or even an explanation. Documents show university officials were willing to supply the details based on little more than emails or faxes from officers that stated they wanted the information. Twenty requests for information related to criminal matters have been received by the university since 2004, according to documents obtained under freedom of information laws. The agencies involved include NSW Police, the Crime Commission and the Australian Federal Police. There are exemptions under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 for law enforcement organisations but civil libertarians say these agencies should be obtaining subpoenas and warrants before demanding private information from universities. [snip] More: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/police-get-student-data-just-by-asking/ 2007/07/12/1183833688075.html - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.2 (Build 2014) wj8DBQFGlqsLq1pz9mNUZTMRAmtJAKCRsw3JhxA7MLMHX5EhTyYHUJ73jACfT6N5 15llbHKhV2gJZhJtY9o+QOU= =xGc0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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