Like zorax, I can see the argument wrt her position being untenable (though not sure that tweets should have led to her being fired - there should definitely be a personal/professional distinction etc.), but holy **** the bolded is terrifying.For those CWers who don't follow Australian politics, an interesting sidelight to the story is there's currently a big debate here about a national health records data base and the security thereof. It's an opt out system, so the default setting is the govt gets your data.
One of the more disturbing suggestions surrounding the data base is that certain classes of people can access it without a warrant. The suggestion in the article is the Tasmanian govt accessed the woman's health records and published the fact she's had a termination. If that's the case it's as appalling as it is unsurprising. The federal govt did a similar thing with one of its critics' social security data last year.
Pretty it's a crime to even access such records without permission, let alone share them. Been to a few education sessions on this "My Health Record" thing and we get told expressly that any unauthorised access (as in if it isn't a patient currently under your care) will prompt investigation. The patient gets notifications every time someone accesses their data as well, so if someone goes digging in your records then you would know about it.Like zorax, I can see the argument wrt her position being untenable (though not sure that tweets should have led to her being fired - there should definitely be a personal/professional distinction etc.), but holy **** the bolded is terrifying.
Haha the pure definition of a soul sucking job meeting a scum covered monsterHow about the government staffer using an anonymous account to rat on government critics to their employers? What a scummy individual.
What is the process for opting out? Who do you contact?For those CWers who don't follow Australian politics, an interesting sidelight to the story is there's currently a big debate here about a national health records data base and the security thereof. It's an opt out system, so the default setting is the govt gets your data.