ACC has posted letters offering compensation to victims of a mass privacy breach that saw their details mistakenly emailed to another client.© 2012 Fairfax New Zealand Ltd
It is understood compensation is being offered to about 250 people whose cases are with ACC's most secure unit - the sensitive claims unit - which holds details of victims of violent and sexual crimes.
The amount offered is believed to be in the "low hundreds" of dollars and is not being extended to others whose cases were deemed to be less sensitive.
A total of 6748 ACC claimaints were on the database that was sent out by mistake to whistleblower Bronwyn Pullar. ACC has apologised for failing to act over the privacy breach after it was exposed in The Dominion Post.
The fiasco has claimed the scalps of ACC chairman John Judge, and board members John McCliskie and Rob Campbell. ACC chief executive Ralph Stewart has also resigned. ACC Minister Judith Collins yesterday confirmed the departure of another board member, Murray Hilder.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/politics/7134733/ACC-privacy-breach-payout-offered
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