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Australian government secretly releasing sensitive medical records to police

Posted on January 27, 2020 by pogowasright.org

Felicity Nelson reports:

The Australian government is releasing highly sensitive medical records to police through a secret regime that experts say contains fundamentally flawed privacy protections.

The Department of Human Services fields large volumes of requests for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) data from state and federal policing agencies each year.

Read more on The Guardian.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

Category: HealthcareNon-U.S.Surveillance

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