[LINK] MHR - letter to local paper

[Karl Auer]

On Mon, 2019-01-28 at 18:04 +1100, JLWhitaker wrote:
> On 28/01/2019 10:45 AM, Karl Auer wrote:
> > Once you have a My Health Record, you cannot delete it, only
> > "cancel" it. A cancelled record remains available to the
> > Government. The Government says it will delete your record on
> > request, but the sad fact is that they will probably not be able
> > to.
> I got push back from MyHealth Record on twitter again re deletion, 
> saying they implemented the delete function on 24 January.
> 
> https://twitter.com/MyHealthRec/status/1089734951757664258
> 
> "Hi there, yes the ability to permanently delete a My Health Record, 
> including any backups, was made available on 24 January 2019. For
> more details, see: (their website)"

It's a sad fact that I don't believe them. I'd love an honest ten-
minute chat with anyone directly involved in the implementation of the
storage side.

Also, I'd like to see someone pose the direct question to the relevant
Minister "Once a My Health Record record is deleted, is that record
from that moment on completely and irrevocably physically unobtainable
by any means whatsoever?"

I wonder how much waffle they could spin out of that yes/no question...
probably the full four minutes.

The thing is, you can "delete a record from the My Health Record
system" very simply, and without losing access to it. Just move it to
any storage that is declared to be not part of the My Health record
system.

Regards, K.

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