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Singtel Optus Australian class action demands answers on storage of former customers' data

By James Panichi ( April 21, 2023, 06:15 GMT | Insight) -- A class action targeting Singtel Optus will ask an Australian court to force the telecommunications operator to delete information of former customers that it has “no lawful reason to continue to hold onto,” according to the lawyer spearheading the lawsuit. In a press conference announcing the Federal Court of Australia lawsuit, Ben Hardwick said he would demand answers about why Optus had been storing the personal information of people who hadn’t been a customer of the company for over 10 years.A class action targeting Singtel Optus will ask an Australian court to force the telecommunications operator to delete information of former customers that it has “no lawful reason to continue to hold onto,” according to the lawyer spearheading the lawsuit....

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