Westpac wrong to release 'Dirty Politics' author Hager's bank records: Privacy Commissioner

Westpac wrong to release 'Dirty Politics' author Hager's bank records: Privacy Commissioner
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 20 (BusinessDesk) - The Privacy Commissioner has censured Westpac Banking Corp for releasing without a court order more than 10 months of bank records belonging to the political activist and journalist Nicky Hager during a police investigation into leaked information published in Hager's 2014 pre-election book, 'Dirty Politics'. In a decision released today, commissioner John Edwards also takes issue with Westpac's suggestion during his investigation into the release that the bank appears to believe "that every cu...