Hon Tony Ryall MP

National Party Health Spokesman

31 March 2007

Govt data-mines GPs’ computers without permission

Patients will be shocked that the Labour Government has put spyware on GPs’ computers in order to access personal medical records without permission, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall.

“It’s outrageous that the Ministry of Health has been downloading personally-identifiable information without the permission of patients or doctors.

“This could set health information management back by years, because it shows that the ministry can’t be trusted.

“Thank goodness that the GPs picked this up, or what else would Big Brother be data-mining from patients’ personal medical records?”

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