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Pareto Phone tele-fundraising data breach sparks probe by Australia's privacy watchdog

( October 20, 2023, 06:39 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Australia’s embattled tele-fundraising supplier Pareto Phone is the target of a probe by Australia’s privacy regulator, following a data breach first reported in April that affected charities that had contracted the company to raise funds by telephone. In a statement to MLex, the Office of the Australian Information Commission confirmed that an investigation into the breach had been launched in October and said it had notified Pareto’s parent company, Merchant Place Investments. Among the charities affected by the breach are Amnesty International, the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Heart Foundation. The statement from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner follows: ...

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