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Report into unauthorised release of confidential information of the Public Transport Authority

Report · Corruption and Crime Commission (WA CCC) · Western Australia · Dated

Opinions
2
Recommendations
1
Report length
10 pages

Official source

Report into unauthorised release of confidential information of the Public Transport Authority

PDF · 10 pages · 712 KB · ccc.wa.gov.au

Summary

The report's own summary: Introduction, page 4

Generated summary: written by an AI model from the report text and checked against the cited pages.

  • The Corruption and Crime Commission investigated unauthorised disclosure of personal information about Public Transport Authority employees to a union.

    Report, page 4

  • The Commission concluded that an employee copied personal details concerning 1,750 staff and transferred them to a union organiser’s computer.

    Report, page 4 · Report, page 7

  • The Commission formed a serious misconduct opinion about the disclosure and left the unauthorised access issue to the Authority’s investigation.

    Report, page 4 · Report, page 10

  • The Commission made one recommendation asking the Authority to strengthen confidential information access controls and reinforce staff understanding of the seriousness of accessing it.

    Report, page 10

Opinions 2

Allegations are not findings. A commission's finding or opinion of corrupt conduct or misconduct is not a finding that a person is guilty of a criminal offence, and the commissions say so in their reports.

  1. opinion of serious misconduct

    Opinion

    The Commission forms an opinion of serious misconduct in respect of Mr Forrester's conduct in disclosing the personal details of PTA employees to RTBU in circumstances where he was not authorised to do so.

    Report, page 4

  2. opinion of serious misconduct

    Opinion

    The Commission forms an opinion of serious misconduct by Mr Forrester.

    Report, page 9

Recommendations 1

  1. Recommendation

    The Commission recommends that the PTA: a) tightens access controls over confidential information including individual logins; and b) reinforces to all staff the seriousness of accessing confidential information.

    Report, page 10

Published responses

No published response was found.

Official documents 2

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