Is there a doctor in the house?

A blog post from Off The Couch by Kyle MacDonald

Today’s announcement that ACC has managed to send information about 9000 clients, including allegedly 250 Sensitive Claims clients, has been described as “the biggest privacy breach in New Zealand’s history.” (Dominion Post, 13/03/12)
So is this a “simple” administrative error, as is being claimed by ACC? Probably, but only due to a system that is haphazard enough to allow it.
Do they seem to have any understanding of the impact upon Sensitive Claimants of this breach of trust?  It doesn’t seem so.
And does this seem like yet another symptom of a sick organizational culture, one that denies the rights of New Zealanders and shrugs its shoulders when it’s asked to explain?

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