Privacy breach of online notification platform for firearm buy-back programme

Statement attributable to Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement

We can confirm that a dealer with legitimate access to the online notification platform for the firearm buy-back programme has been able to view details of firearms owners.

We were notified of the error this morning when the dealer contacted us.

Upon being notified all efforts were made to immediately shut down access to the platform.

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