A computer audit of the Labor Party's database has shown that two computers belonging to a media outlet accessed the database shortly before last November's elections. The Herald Sun reports that Labor is alleging that The Age hacked into its database using stolen credentials and searched out information on prominent officials. The Age denies those allegations, calling its actions a "wholly legitimate exercise of journalism designed to expose the fact that the Labor Party maintains an...archive profiling Victorian voters without their knowledge or permission--a potentially serious invasion of privacy." Victoria's political parties' databases have raised concerns among privacy advocates in the past because the parties are exempt from privacy laws.
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