OAIC orders Home Affairs to compensate asylum seekers over d

OAIC orders Home Affairs to compensate asylum seekers over data breach
The order comes seven years after the legal action against the Australian government for leaking details of nearly 10,000 asylum seekers first commenced.
January 27, 2021 -- 01:52 GMT (17:52 PST)
| Topic: Security
The Office of Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has ordered the Department of Home Affairs, formerly the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, to determine the amount owed for each individual and pay compensation for "mistakenly" releasing the personal information of 9,251 asylum seekers.
The Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner, Angelene Falk, determined that the federal government at the time had "interfered" with the privacy of these individuals by accidentally publishing their full names, nationalities, locations, arrival dates, and boat arrival information on its website in 2014.

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