When the Australian government originally announced that the online health care record system would change from "opt in" to "opt out", there was a backlash from the community over privacy and security concerns. After several months an opt out period was started where people could contact the government to declare that they do not want their medical data stored on the system. The surge in numbers to opt out initially caused long delays and system crashes as the Australian Digital Health Agency tried to keep up with demand to opt out. After the first few weeks the demand dropped, until last week where in the final days of the opt out period large numbers of people decided to opt out at the last minute. Due to concerns with system security and issues with last minute opt out requests the My Health Record opt out period has been extended to January 2019. So far, 1 in 25 people have decided to opt out of the online electronic health record system.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @01:59AM (2 children)
At this rate they'll never get to the part where they suck in everyone's medicare records creating a honeypot worthy of attacking
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Friday November 16 2018, @04:07AM (1 child)
You think just because people have opted out their records might not "accidentally" get injected?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @06:32AM
If the database is run by the CIA then the correct term is “mistakenly”.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday November 16 2018, @02:16AM (7 children)
in a vote of confidence in the MyHealthRecord, the head of privacy at the agency running the system has resigned [smh.com.au]
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @02:36AM
Absolutely hilarious
The state of the AUS government today
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday November 16 2018, @03:46AM (5 children)
Wise move. Avoiding a scapegoat position, I mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Insightful) by MostCynical on Friday November 16 2018, @04:52AM (4 children)
Well, since they loosened the access rules, (and apart from letting accenture build it in the first place), a breach is only a matter of "when", not "if".
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @08:58AM (3 children)
wtf do you mean 'accidenture'???
they are not permitted near large government agencies anymore, sure. not after the years of screwups
(Score: 3, Informative) by MostCynical on Friday November 16 2018, @09:15AM (2 children)
When they won [accenture.com] - which includes five or ten years of support.
And one relatively recent screw ups [smh.com.au]
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @10:43AM (1 child)
Accidenture won the WPIT contract [zdnet.com] last year to the great disgust of many onlookers.
Have they ever delivered an IT project on time in budget?
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday November 17 2018, @10:55AM
I think they see a budget as more of a target, to be exceeded by at least 50%, than an upper limit.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex