State Services Commission was aware of ACC leak

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There has been an embarrassing revelation by the State Services Commission following ONE News' inquiries into the ACC privacy breach.
ACC claimant and National Party figure Bronwyn Pullar was inadvertently sent an email from an ACC employee which contained the private details of 6700 ACC claimants, including victims of sexual abuse and other violent crime. The commission has now confirmed Pullar sent it a copy of the spreadsheet containing confidential client details six months ago, meaning ACC should have been alerted to the breach before it met Pullar in December.
The commission made the discovery while re-checking emails after calls from ONE News. It says it has now deleted the information.

Expert to probe leak
Meanwhile, it has been announced global auditing group KPMG and former Australian Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton have been called in to investigate the leak.
The large data breach has "raised a number of concerning questions", NZ's Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff said.

View the terms of reference for the investigation here

Schroff said the inquiry will look into both the leak and possible "systemic or organisational weaknesses" in how personal information is handled by ACC. The findings will be reported to the ACC Board and to the Privacy Commissioner.
Individual privacy complaints about the data breach will be handled by the Privacy Commissioner complaints investigation process. The final report is expected to be completed and made public by the end of June.
Meanwhile, the Auditor-General is also considering whether to hold an independent inquiry into ACC after requests from the Opposition, with a decision expected by Easter.
Green MP Kevin Hague has called for a separate inquiry into the actions of former ACC minister Nick Smith, who resigned from the Cabinet after admitting it emerged he wrote letter in support of Pullar's ACC claim.
Smith has said he would welcome such an inquiry, but Prime Minister John Key has ruled it out.
The Auditor-General's office said in a statement it expected to make a decision on whether to hold an inquiry by Easter, but warned any investigation would involve a significant investment of time and public money. "We need to make sure we understand the issues, the work being done by other agencies, and what value we could add before we make a decision," the statement said.
Hague and Labour MP Andrew Little lodged the requests for an Auditor-General inquiry and have called for a quick decision, saying there is a need for urgency. Little said he hopes to meet with the Auditor-General next week to talk about the scope of the potential inquiry.

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