Queensland Police Service crime reporting app fails privacy, security audit | iTnews

Posted by Steven Kirby | Aug 26, 2017 | Audit Report, Australia, Compliance, iTnews, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy, Queensland, State Government | 0 |

A scathing report by the Queensland information commissioner has revealed the state’s police service failed to consider the security and privacy aspects of its five-year-old Policelink app until it was audited.

Source: QPS crime reporting app fails privacy, security audit – Software – iTnews

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