❓ A Member of Parliament questions the Premier about the security and confidentiality of emails stored by the Department of Premier and Cabinet following the implementation of the GroupWise system. The Leader of the House requests more time to provide a complete answer.
AnsweredQoN 685Legislative Council
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(1) Is it correct that records of all incoming and outgoing e-mails received at or sent from a member’s electorate office will be kept in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet since the installation of the GroupWise system? (2) If so, what safeguards are in place to ensure their confidentiality? (3) If there are no guaranteed safeguards for confidentiality, will the Government revert to the previous system using Outlook Express? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have only just received the answer. It is possible that a further answer may come through today, and, if it does, I will make that available. At this stage, the best I can do is to say that providing the information in the time required is not possible. If the information does not arrive today, I request that the member place the question on notice, but I am hopeful that it will arrive.
(2) If so, what safeguards are in place to ensure their confidentiality? (3) If there are no guaranteed safeguards for confidentiality, will the Government revert to the previous system using Outlook Express? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have only just received the answer. It is possible that a further answer may come through today, and, if it does, I will make that available. At this stage, the best I can do is to say that providing the information in the time required is not possible. If the information does not arrive today, I request that the member place the question on notice, but I am hopeful that it will arrive.
(3) If there are no guaranteed safeguards for confidentiality, will the Government revert to the previous system using Outlook Express? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have only just received the answer. It is possible that a further answer may come through today, and, if it does, I will make that available. At this stage, the best I can do is to say that providing the information in the time required is not possible. If the information does not arrive today, I request that the member place the question on notice, but I am hopeful that it will arrive.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have only just received the answer. It is possible that a further answer may come through today, and, if it does, I will make that available. At this stage, the best I can do is to say that providing the information in the time required is not possible. If the information does not arrive today, I request that the member place the question on notice, but I am hopeful that it will arrive.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have only just received the answer. It is possible that a further answer may come through today, and, if it does, I will make that available. At this stage, the best I can do is to say that providing the information in the time required is not possible. If the information does not arrive today, I request that the member place the question on notice, but I am hopeful that it will arrive.
(2) If so, what safeguards are in place to ensure their confidentiality? (3) If there are no guaranteed safeguards for confidentiality, will the Government revert to the previous system using Outlook Express? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have only just received the answer. It is possible that a further answer may come through today, and, if it does, I will make that available. At this stage, the best I can do is to say that providing the information in the time required is not possible. If the information does not arrive today, I request that the member place the question on notice, but I am hopeful that it will arrive.
(3) If there are no guaranteed safeguards for confidentiality, will the Government revert to the previous system using Outlook Express? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have only just received the answer. It is possible that a further answer may come through today, and, if it does, I will make that available. At this stage, the best I can do is to say that providing the information in the time required is not possible. If the information does not arrive today, I request that the member place the question on notice, but I am hopeful that it will arrive.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have only just received the answer. It is possible that a further answer may come through today, and, if it does, I will make that available. At this stage, the best I can do is to say that providing the information in the time required is not possible. If the information does not arrive today, I request that the member place the question on notice, but I am hopeful that it will arrive.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I have only just received the answer. It is possible that a further answer may come through today, and, if it does, I will make that available. At this stage, the best I can do is to say that providing the information in the time required is not possible. If the information does not arrive today, I request that the member place the question on notice, but I am hopeful that it will arrive.
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