Australian law firm publishes intimate details of job applicants on its website
THE Federal Privacy Commissioner is looking into a high-profile law firm that published the intimate details of job applicants on its website. Slater & Gordon published the names, ages, private addresses and telephone numbers of about 50 people, many of them young women.
They had all applied online for jobs.
The law firm, which specialises in class legal actions, was unaware of the privacy breach until alerted by the Herald Sun early yesterday.
Managing partner Andrew Grech blamed it on a software problem.
He said it was immediately removed and the problem rectified.
"It's not a situation we're happy about, and we've taken it very seriously," Mr Grech said.
