WA Parliamentary Question regarding online merchandise stores operated by the Premier's portfolio agencies. The question seeks details on store URLs, products, security breaches, data storage, maintenance costs, staffing, and usage. The answer reveals information about Gold Corporation and Lotterywest.

AnsweredQoN 1218Legislative Assembly
Asked
27 June 2017
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations

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Do any of the Premier'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
8 August 2017
Response time
3 days
Gold Corporation
(a) http://www.perthmint.com.au/
(b)        What is sold in the store can be viewed in the URL in (a)
(c)        No
(d)       Gold Corporation is not comfortable disclosing details pertaining to customer data
(e)        $36,000
(f)        No
(g)        811,697
Lotterywest
(a) http://www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au/
(b)        Lotto games: Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, OZ Lotto, Powerball, Set for Life, Cash 3, Soccer Pools, Super66
(c)        No
(d)       Yes
(i)         Name, Address, Phone Numbers, Bank Account Details – stored until they elect to close their account (if ever)
(ii)        Yes
(e)        Yes
(i)         For monitoring and s/w patches this would amount to $40,000 per annum (estimated)
(f)        None solely dedicated to admin for online store
(i)         Not applicable - see (f) above
(g)        95,417
Premier and Cabinet, Public Sector Commission, Salaries and Allowances Tribunal and State Development, Jobs and Trade
No
(a)-(g)  Not applicable

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