26 Sep 2014

Privacy Commissioner warns about online health data storage

From Nine To Noon, 9:24 am on 26 September 2014

The Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards, is warning the storage millions of health records online exposes them to snooping and cyber attacks. A new report suggests that since they are potentially available to anyone in the world, the growth of shared electronic health records increases the chances of "widespread and damaging accidental or malicious disclosures".