Pros and cons of opting out of My Health Record as deadline approaches: Australia News

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The deadline for Australians to opt out of a new $2 billion system, which will see their medical details recorded online, will pass on Thursday, after a delay which ensured the rollout of more stringent controls to safeguard the data. 9News

 

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Stay in people...let's catch up to the rest of the world! The longerterm benefit far outweighs the risk of potential misuse if your data was 'stolen'. Let's keep it real ..most of it would already be available in electronic form and at a similar risk to being 'stolen'. symantics

simrob72 Don't have a problem with it. Some people oppose for the sake of opposing. As was said in the article. Social media has less security.

Security from unauthorized access is good. Its security and trust in Govt and authorized access which is totally flawed. Only the individual and practitioners should have controlled and limited access.

It's always gunna have problems

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