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Ambulance Tasmania patient details published online
The private details of every Tasmanian who has called an ambulance since November last year have been published online in a list still updating each time paramedics are dispatched.
Key points:
- Ambulance Tasmania uses a paging system in initial communications between the dispatch team and paramedics on the ground
- Pager messages dating back to November have been uploaded to a website, which is still live and continually updating
- The health union has described the data dump as “horrific”
The breach of Ambulance Tasmania’s paging system has been described as “horrific” by the Health and Community Services Union, which has suggested the data dump could leave the Government open to litigation.
Pager messages include patients’ personal details and…
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