A WA parliamentary question seeks details about online merchandise stores operated by departments under the Minister for Local Government, Heritage, Culture and the Arts, focusing on the WA Museum's store regarding security, data handling, costs, and usage.

AnsweredQoN 1225Legislative Assembly
Asked
27 June 2017
Portfolio
Local Government; Heritage; Culture and the Arts

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Do any of the Minister's portfolio responsibility Departments, Boards, Agencies or corporations operate an online merchandise store, and if so: (a) What is the URL used to access this store; (b) What products are sold on the store; (c) Since 1 January 2017 have there been any reported online attacks or breaches of these systems; (d) For customers who use the system, is any personal data stored: (i) If so, what data is stored and for how long; and (ii) If so, is that data encrypted; (e) Are there any maintenance costs associated with the online store: (i) if so, what is the annual maintenance cost; (f) Are there any people dedicated to the administration of the online store: (i) If so, what is the job title of those people and their associated salary and entitlements; and (g) How many people have used the store since 1 January 2017?

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Answered
9 August 2017
Responded by
Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Culture and the Arts
Response time
4 days
Western Australian Museum
(a) http://museum.wa.gov.au/store/
(b) Museum books, books and DVDs, toys, gifts, jewellery.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.
(i) Name, email, address, telephone numbers stored indefinitely.
(ii) Passwords are encrypted, although the site is not. Credit card transactions occur via an external supplier and are encrypted.
(e) $18.18 a month and 0.09c per transaction.
(i) Nil.
(f) No.
(i) Not applicable.
(g) 61 transactions.

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