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HC rules against asylum seekers in data breach who had claims rejected

The High Court has ruled two asylum seekers weren't treated unfairly after the immigration department incorrectly disclosed personal information on its website.

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The High Court has ruled two asylum seekers weren't denied procedural fairness after the immigration department inadvertently disclosed their personal information on its website, along with that of more than 9000 others.

The two asylum seekers, identified only as SZSSJ, a Bangladeshi who arrived in 2005 on a student visa, and SZTZI, a Chinese national who arrived in 2013, both had applications for protection rejected.

High Court judges unanimously ruled they weren't treated unfairly as officials considering their cases were instructed to assume their personal information may have been accessed in countries where they feared persecution.


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