{"id":9334,"date":"2019-08-19T16:54:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T06:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=9334"},"modified":"2019-08-19T16:54:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T06:54:39","slug":"public-transport-vic-breach-privacy-laws-with-dataset-provided-for-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/public-transport-vic-breach-privacy-laws-with-dataset-provided-for-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Transport Vic breach privacy laws with dataset provided for hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Victoria\u2019s public transport authority has been found to have breached privacy laws after releasing a dataset containing 15 million partially redacted public transport passenger details online.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nIn a government run hackathon in 2018 the then Public Transport Victoria provided what they believed to be a de-identified dataset of Myki use.<\/p>\nAn investigation by the Office of the Victorian Information Commission (OVIC) has found the data contained detailed information, which breaches the state’s own privacy laws.<\/p>\n
In addition to being available through the annual competition the data was provided to academics at Melbourne University whom were able to identify themselves and others from the dataset.<\/p>\n
Whilst the Department of Transport (formerly Public Transport Victoria) deny any wrong-doings and choose to not accept the finding presented by OVIC they have agreed to implement new procedures when de-identifying data in the future.<\/p>\n