If you know someone's name, dob, license number and medicare number, you can opt them out without them even knowing.
> On 2018/Jul/16, at 10:44 am, Roger Clarke <roger.cla...@xamax.com.au> wrote: > > The government is imposing a scheme called MyHR (My Health Record). > > This record is all-but useless for patient care. It's purpose is to enable > government agencies to get access to people's health care data. > > The project failed to attract people to opt-in, i.e. provide consent. > > So the government is imposing the scheme on everyone, unless they opt out. > > The opt-out window commenced this morning, Mon 16 July. > > And the opt-out window closes on 15 October. > > After 15 October, the government says that it will create a permanent record > for every person who hasn't opted out. > > The government has also stated that this record will not be deleted until 30 > years after your death, even if you request it be deleted. > > > Here's the information page provided by the Australian Privacy Foundation: > https://privacy.org.au/campaigns/myhr/ > > It contains a considerable amount of information that the government has > failed to communicate to the public. > > APF fully supports appropriate applications of IT, including to health > records. > > But it urges every individual to inform themselves about the MyHR scheme, and > to make a decision based on whether they see sufficient (or even any) > benefits to themselves in return for the considerable risks involved. > > > How to opt-out of My Health Record > ---------------------------------- > > Go to this website and follow the instructions > https://www.myhealthrecord.gov.au/for-you-your-family/opt-out-my-health-record > > You will need: > - Your Medicare card or a Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) card; and > - One of the following forms of current Australian identification: > - your Driver licence, or > - your Passport, or > - your ImmiCard > > If you don't have these, but still want to stop a My Health Record from being > automatically created, you can call the Help line on 1800 723 471. > > > NOTE BENE: The morning of 16 July has seen a rush on the help-line, > resulting in long waits to get an answer. Given the inadequate capacity of > many government (and sometimes private sector) web-sites, the MyHR web-site > may also have trouble coping with the load. > > > -- > Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/ > > Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA > Tel: +61 2 6288 6916 http://about.me/roger.clarke > mailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au http://www.xamax.com.au/ > > Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. > Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link