Privacy commissioner investigates telcos, former spy boss warns on black market data

By Lucy Battersby and Nick McKenzie and David Ellery
Updated April 24 2018 - 10:15pm, first published November 17 2016 - 7:04pm

The Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner is investigating allegations personal information held by telcos can be bought on the black market from overseas call centres.

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