Queensland FOI watchdog and police united to block citizens from accessing own data

Queensland police service believed access to data from QPrime records ‘injurious to the public interest’

Queensland’s freedom of information watchdog and the state’s police service met quietly last year and agreed citizens should be blocked from accessing their personal data held in a controversial police records system.

Guardian Australia can reveal details about a “behind closed doors” meeting between police and the Office of the Information Commissioner, an independent body that reviews contested information access decisions made by state government agencies.

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