Open and Shut: University mail out hits privacy snag

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Friday, October 27, 2006

University mail out hits privacy snag

Ouch! The Australian reports that Macquarie University alumni are up in arms over the fact that 25,000 of them received the full list of their names and email addresses as a result of a technical error in the IT department.

Peter Timmins at 6:15 pm

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University mail out hits privacy snag

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