Vic govt department leaks customer data

Personal data of customers at a Victorian hunting authority has inadvertently been emailed out to strangers renewing their hunting licences.

The Game Management Authority customer data was sent to eight people renewing their game licences, with the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning blaming "human error" for the lapse.

The eight customers who received the emails have been contacted and the department is confident the personal data has either been deleted or was never received due to the file size.