This Looks To Be A Very Bad Thing For The Privacy Of Medical And Clinical Information.

This appeared last week: AMA raises alarm over data sharing plan Denham Sadler Senior Reporter 24 March 2021 The Australian Medical Association has sounded the alarm over the federal government ’s flagship new data-sharing scheme, warning there are no minimum privacy protections and that private health information could be shared with insurance firms. The government introduced the Data Availability and Transparency Act to Parliament in December last year, after nearly three years of deve lopment and consultation. The legislation facilitates a significant expansion of the sharing of public sector data between agencies and private organisations, sometimes without consent. It will provide a “new path” for the sharing of this data that is currently blocked by secrecy provisions or o ther laws and will see far more identified data be shared among agencies and departments, and for de-identified data be shared with universities and think tanks, among other organisations. There will be no... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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