Breach, discovered by Guardian Australia, resulted in information being used to allegedly threaten some in detention
Of the nearly 10,000 asylum seekers whose privacy was breached nearly a decade ago, those who suffered “extreme loss and damage” will each be eligible for more than $20,000 in compensation after aThe total cost to the commonwealth could run to tens of millions of dollars, but not all of those whose privacy was breached will be allowed to claim compensation.
Documents before the AAT show that in some cases, the data breach was used against asylum seekers and led to their families in their home countries being threatened. In another case, the family of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker was repeatedly harassed by members of Sri Lanka’s CID, who said they knew the asylum seeker was in immigration detention in Australia.
On Wednesday, more than nine years after the breach, the AAT deputy president, Justice Melissa Perry, ruled that those who suffered loss and damage were eligible for compensation, and ordered an independent law firm be appointed to administer the compensation process.
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