Comments for Australian Privacy Foundation

Comment on Optus says it needed to keep identity data for six years. But did it really? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 12:11:20 +0000

This may be the wrong place but here goes.
Except for very few restricted conditions any release of private data should be at a restricted disclosure rate. If data was released at say a maximum of 10,000 records a day a casual hacker would need to be online for 2.7 years to get 10m of data.

Comment on The government wants to expand the ‘digital identity’ system that lets Australians access services. There are many potential pitfalls by B Baker

B Baker — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:58:08 +0000

Thank you for your information. How and where is the Government asking the public for feedback? I certainly would have liked to provide some feedback on these issues.

Comment on Too late? The new normal, State government slurps up all patient information. by Mary Mcnamara

Mary Mcnamara — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:06:57 +0000

Our medical records are private and should stay that way. No one should have access to them without our permission

Comment on APF’s Position on the 2021 Census by Cenisane

Cenisane — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 04:51:15 +0000

Are Australians open minded or gutless to challenge this?

Comment on APF’s Position on the 2021 Census by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:23:34 +0000

Thank you for confirming your stance on the ABS operations and their Census. It is a perpetually worsening assault on the privacy of ordinary Australians, and a total disgrace for the governments that allow this to happen.

Comment on Police debacle leaves the McGowan government battling to rebuild public trust in the SafeWA app by Jude

Jude — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 01:48:36 +0000

And in Queensland, from 9 July, people won’t be able to enter grocery shops and supermarkets to buy food unless using Check In app or handing over their personal details to the shop. How far is this surveillance in the name of covid going to go? And, more importantly, will it be completely removed when the pandemic is over?

Comment on Commonwealth Health Department going for data grab under cover of COVID by Emil

Emil — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 05:06:37 +0000

Thank you for publishing this important information. It looks like even an ill person has to stay alert, read all the fine print, and fight for their privacy when attending doctors or hospitals.

Comment on How [NOT] to earn public trust for the Contact Tracing App? by Helen Rea

Helen Rea — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 03:34:41 +0000

I will download this App if proper and open consultation takes place and if missing information is released.

“This could be avoided by proper and open consultation, which APF joins many others in calling for, starting with the provision of the missing information.”

Comment on The opt-out period should be extended and My Health Record properly evaluated by Jane

Jane — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 22:32:28 +0000

You can join an online petition against MHR at:
https://www.change.org/p/greg-hunt-mp-make-my-health-record-opt-in
52,000 people has signed so far.

You can also protest against MHR by going directly to Health Minister Greg Hunt at:
email: greg.hunt.mp@aph.com.au or fax: (02) 6273 7330

Comment on Law enforcement access to My Health Record data by Jane

Jane — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 17:11:41 +0000

Thankyou for all the work you’re doing to bring attention to this. They don’t understand that medical records can harm, not just help. There are a few things I’m sitting here wishing I had never seen a doctor about. And for the last few years at least, I’ve been thinking about privacy every time I’ve been in my doctor’s office. I can’t help it, the thought is always there, and at the front of my mind, not the back. It shouldn’t be like that.