20 May 2012

When a secret is no longer a secret…

A blog post from Off the Couch by Kyle MacDonald
Recently I had an ACC claim. I strained some knee ligaments. Old injury, no problem, specialist appointment courtesy of the ACC, and after some appropriate exercise and a follow up appointment, all fixed.
If the file of that treatment got stolen, sent to someone in an email or otherwise treated carelessly, I would be angry. However I can guarantee I wouldn’t feel so ashamed I would want to die, frightened for my personal safety, or worried about being stigmatized by people who found out.
So it is a worrying start to the privacy investigation when the Assistant Privacy Commissioner has issued a letter reported on here saying things like this ...
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http://psychotherapy.org.nz/when-a-secret-is-no-longer-a-secret/

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