Unauthorised access and disclosure of information held by Victoria Police An analysis of corruption risks and prevention opportunities September 2019 Authorised and published by the © State of Victoria 2019 Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, (Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission) Level 1, 459 Collins Street, Melbourne. September 2019 If you need this information in an accessible format, please call 1300 735 135 or email
[email protected]. You are free to re-use this work under a Creative This document may also be found in formats on our Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, provided you credit website www.ibac.vic.gov.au the State of Victoria (Independent Broad-based Anti- corruption Commission) as author, indicate if changes ISBN 978-0-6482993-6-3 (print) were made and comply with the other licence terms. ISBN 978-0-6482993-7-0 (online) The licence does not apply to any branding, including Government logos. Contents Definitions 2 1 Overview 3 1.1 Key findings 5 1.2 Methodology 6 1.2.1 Scope 6 1.2.2 Terminology 7 2 Context 8 2.1 The legislative framework for information management in Victoria Police 9 2.2 Allegation trends 11 3 Corruption risks for unauthorised information access and disclosure 13 3.1 Risks at the employee level 13 3.1.1 Unauthorised access for personal interest 13 3.1.2 Unauthorised information disclosure to media 17 3.1.3 ‘Noble cause’ or politically motivated unauthorised information disclosures 18 3.1.4 Victoria Police employees targeted for information 19 3.2 Risks at the organisational