centrelink
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Centrelink Says Telco Metadata is Only Used to Support Potential Criminal Cases, Not Compliance
Services Australia clarifies where it uses your metadata.
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The Department Of Human Services Says RoboDebt ‘Went Well’ And ‘Delivered Lots Of Savings’
In July 2016 the Australian Government rolled out a new automated income matching system for detecting and recovering debts. The Online Compliance Intervention Program, which soon became known as “Robodebt”, was designed to help the Department of Human Services collect $4.5 million in debt every day. In that sense, it was super efficient. Too efficient,…
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Government Continues To Defend Centrelink’s Broken Data Matching System
In the normal course of doing business, you’d think that incorrectly issuing bills to the tune of tens of thousands would be a cause for concern. That’s been the case for at least one single mother this past week, after she received a $24,000 debt notice from Centrelink’s automated data matching system (and an order…