02 Dec ASIC Shuts Down “Search Retrieval” Service, Following Privacy Complaints
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) announced this week that it is closing its ‘search retrieval service’ that allowed the retrieval of company searches online just by using a receipt number or email.
At the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, acting chair Peter Kell said that they were alerted of a possible privacy issue with the service in which another person could potentially view the paid search attempts of another individual using their email address.
ASIC also sought out individuals who might have been affected by the issue via an alert on their website.
Source: FinanceFeeds
