SA Health holding QR code check-in data indefinitely, as risk of breach revealed

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The South Australian Premier's department is deleting QR check-in data after 28 days, but SA Health is holding onto the information it receives for contact tracing indefinitely, according to a report by the state's auditor-general.

The South Australian Premier's department has been deleting QR check-in data after 28 days, but SA Health has been holding onto the information it receives for contact tracing indefinitely, according to a report by the state's auditor-general.South Australians have been using QR codes to check in to businesses and other venues since December 2020SA Health has been keeping it

"Our testing found that people's contact details are effectively destroyed from the production database, which is the database accessible on a day-to-day basis," the report said.But the report found the data was being retained in the department's back-up IT systems.'Risk' of breach in event of IT system failure

"DPC advised us that it intends to destroy all backups when contact tracing in the state is no longer required," the report stated. In responding to the Auditor-General's report, the Department for the Premier and Cabinet stated it had "updated its backup restoration procedure" and had "included an additional requirement to verify that once restored, no data exists that is over 28 days".

 

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I am confused. When I had my astra shot at a health centre in NSW I was asked to wait ten minutes afterwards in the waiting room. I presume this was because of the possibility of an adverse reaction. Qld has just decided it is OK for vaccinations in Bunnings Carparks?

Not used it once.

WA was handing it to the police.

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So the government was lying to us. Can someone please sue the sa government for lying to the public

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