“There doesn't seem to be a very good accountability mechanism here,” said Victoria resident and frequent police critic Stephen Harrison, who obtained the documents. “Literally nobody other than the individual officer has access — you wouldn't even know that they're using it.”
… a FOREIGN party. That’s data sovereignty and unchecked spreading of P-I.
We don’t sue much for that - thats for Americans - but it should be a career-limiting decision.
The article calls it an internal tool, meaning it’s probably sanctioned by leadership. I don’t know, everything after the first paragraph is behind a paywall.
Approval by leadership of a tool is not necessarily reflective of the governance requirements of the organization. Data classification exists but in VERY few orgs is it respected and followed.
“You can use ChatGPT to write Facebook posts” is sanctioning by leadership.
“You can use ChatGPT” is what people often hear.
15 years ago it was “my manager got us Dropbox”.
Correct. This is actually against the Privacy Act (PII distributed or stored outside of the borders by an entity holding Australian citizen data), so no doubt the AFP will be looking into this one.
The city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, not the state of Victoria, Australia.
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