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Australian Court Files Sent Offshore – A Data-Sovereignty Failure
Description
In February 2026 it emerged (ABC News, 16 Feb; VIQ statement, 20 Feb) that Canadian transcription provider VIQ Solutions had subcontracted Australian court transcription to India-based e24 Technologies in breach of its Commonwealth contracts, resulting in sensitive Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court files being accessed offshore. Staff had reportedly raised offshoring concerns since 2025 but were dismissed; access logs showed files viewed outside Australian hours. The matter went to the ACSC and was called a national-security risk. The episode focuses on data sovereignty, subcontractor risk and contractual data-handling controls — not the contents of any case.
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Sources: ACS Information Age; Cyber Daily.