AU Amberley Park Medical Centre Nov 2013 Physical Action (Q14949)
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A data breach risk event
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| English | AU Amberley Park Medical Centre Nov 2013 Physical Action |
A data breach risk event |
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November 2013
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A medical centre that kept sensitive health records of nearly 1000 patients in a garden shed on a disused property in Melbournes south-east has been reprimanded for breaching privacy laws. Boxes of records containing the personal details of patients were discovered at the Narre Warren South site when the shed at the Amberley Park Drive property was broken into in November 2013. Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim investigated and found the medical centre that owned the property had breached the Privacy Act by failing to properly secure the information. The neglected files included names, addresses, Medicare numbers, dates of birth, occupations and results of medical investigations of about 960 patients who used the Amberley Park Medical Centre that operated at the address unti (English)
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