This Seems To Be Another Example Of Government Just Running Riot Over Citizens Because They Can!

This appeared last week: Privacy experts alarmed medical data is collected without consent The health secrets of millions of Australians have been extracted from GP computers in a data grab without permission. See what it means for you. Sue Dunlevy June 11, 2021 - 8:24AM News Corp Australia Network Exclusive: The individual health records of almost 25 million Australians have been scraped from medical clinics under a secret data grab that has alarmed privacy experts. The move has laid bare information on patients ’ mental health, alcohol consumption, weight, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. In most cases the material is being collected by data firms without explicit patient consent and patients have not been given the opportunity to opt out. The Australian Privacy Foundation said if the records were to fall into the wrong hands they could be used to blackmail powerful people, track down a domestic violence victim or by employers to vet job applicants. They could also be used... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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