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Government apologises for second time for another embarrassing breach of covid patients’ privacy

Posted on July 4, 2020 by pogowasright.org

1News reports:

State Services Minister Chris Hipkins has apologised to people with Covid-19 whose personal details were leaked as part of a privacy breach.

“I unreservedly apologise on behalf of the New Zealand Government. We will find out who had the information who shouldn’t have and who released it in a way they shouldn’t have,” he said.

The apology comes after it emerged this morning personal details of New Zealand’s 18 active Covid-19 cases were leaked.

Read more on 1News.

Seriously, folks, if you want tracing and contacts, you really need to ensure that you are protecting privacy or people. This is totally unacceptable.

Category: BreachesHealthcareNon-U.S.

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