Australian Privacy Officer to Investigate Files Blunder
Victoria's Privacy Commissioner Paul Chadwick will investigate a serious bungle by the Office of Police Integrity (OPI) after it released confidential police files on hundreds of people to one complainant. Files on more than 400 people were sent by the OPI to a woman in country Victoria in May after she complained that a policewoman had breached her privacy by accessing her files. The files contain intimate information such as the full names and private addresses of victims of crimes.
Watchdog to probe files blunder, Daily Telegraph, August 8, 2005.
