ASIS trains spies not to breach privacy

PRIVACY and other breaches have led spy agency ASIS to retrain its agents and set up an internal compliance unit.

AUSTRALIA'S foreign intelligence agency has set up a new unit to ensure spies don't pass on information in breach of privacy laws and government policy.

THE Australian Secret Intelligence Service's new compliance branch, which has rolled out privacy training to its agents, came in the wake of a series of breaches.