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NZ: Human error blamed for abuse detail breach

Posted on June 19, 2015 by pogowasright.org

Tom Furley reports:

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says lessons have been learnt after human error caused a child abuse claimant to receive someone else’s confidential information.

A State Services Commission investigation found the mistake of a staff member at the Ministry of Social Development was to blame for the privacy breach, which occurred during the introduction of a new system to speed up institutional child abuse claims.

Read more on Radio New Zealand.

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