“Individual healthcare identifiers are likely to be seen as a new national identity number, sparking considerable community concern, according to an unpublished privacy impact assessment (PIA) conducted by Galexia in 2006.
“Apart from the Tax File Number and proposals for actual national ID cards – the Australia card in 1985-87 and the Health and Welfare Access card in 2005-06 – the IHI is the most significant proposal for a comprehensive national identification product,” the consultancy firm warns in a document obtained by The Australian.”
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Karen Dearne, Australian IT, 4 August 2009
