International Law

ATO discloses privacy breach

The ATO has disclosed that the details of 3,122 trustees of self managed super funds were on an ATO CD that has gone missing.

The Tax Office has written to 3,122 trustees of self managed super funds offering them a new tax file number (TFN) for their funds.

The CD contained scanned letters to the trustees and was being sent to the Tax Office via an authorised (door to door) courier from the company contracted to print the letters. The courier received the CD but it was not delivered to the Tax Office and has gone missing.

Tax Commissioner Michael D?Ascenzo said he wanted to assure the community the Tax Office takes the privacy of their personal details very seriously.

What would you do if your business lost a CD with customer information?

See the Privacy Commissioner's Voluntary Data Breach Guide

Full post as published by Australian Regulatory Compliance Review on October 29, 2008 (boomark / email).