"What's that? You're in serious breach of discrimination law? Looks like you also accessed a #myhealthrecord illegally, I guess you're going to prison too!"
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Many of these examples are similarly scaremongering. There may be serious concerns about
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Like this. Yes, someone could potentially do this. You could easily identify them, and they would face 2 years in prison as well as civil charges https://twitter.com/jehankanga/status/1018683349986971648?s=19 …
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Replying to @GidMK
So instead imagine being required to give access to your MHR to apply for an apartment.
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Replying to @dmeeze
1. Illegal 2. Could already happen with medical records
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As per the 2012 MyHealthRecord act, it is a criminal offence to inappropriately gather data from a MyHealthRecord (including inappropriate access) punishable by some hefty criminal and civil penalties
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It is also trivial to identify such breaches. Indeed, organizations registered with the ADHA are required under the act to monitor their staff to ensure that this doesn't happen, again with very large penalties for lack of compliance
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Replying to @GidMK @jehankanga
I agree and am not disputing penalties for inappropriate use by providers etc. I’m talking about consensually* giving access to my own record under s67 or the Act which grants me leave to disclose my own record “for any purpose”
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*technical consent though some fine print, not proper informed consent, of course
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My understanding is that simply requesting the information in that case would be illegal, and could already be happening regardless, although I am not as familiar with privacy law outside of health
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