VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Economy Ministry confirmed on Friday it had removed a database from its website that for years showed the home addresses of around a million people including the president and cabinet ministers, but it denied there had been a data leak.
A liberal opposition party, the Neos, announced on Thursday that the searchable but little-known "Complementary Register" was publicly visible, calling for it to be taken down.
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