[LINK] Your Medicare records online

[Stephen Wilson]

Ivan Trundle wrote:
>  On 03/03/2010, at 8:46 AM, Kim Holburn wrote:
> > This is rather scary.
>
>  Well, perhaps. I'm puzzled to understand Juanita Fernando's
>  declaration: is 'being curious' a privacy or social problem?

I agree it's very scary.  Why does it matter Ivan what sort of problem 
curiosity is?  The real issue is that it is against the law for anyone 
to exercise their curiosity and peek at the records of another. 

>  I wonder if Medicare breaches are of any concern to the Facebook
>  generation?

So what if they're not?  Are we to delegate privacy policy formulation 
for the entire community to a cohort that for barely five years has got 
itself hooked on the instant gratification and sheer fun of online 
social networking?  I think not. 


Cheers,

Stephen Wilson
Lockstep
www.lockstep.com.au