NZ Taranaki District Health Board 2015 Technical Error (Q15982)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | NZ Taranaki District Health Board 2015 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2015
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Plunket have launched an investigation after medical records were found in a house at the Taranaki Building Removers yard. The records were uncovered at the weekend and handed to the Taranaki District Health Board (TDHB). TDHB quality and risk manager Anne Kemp said the records were kept secure over the weekend and handed back to Plunket - a separate organisation, independent of the DHB - yesterday. Plunket general manager operations, central and southern region, Brenda Hynes confirmed the records were the organisations and date from around 20 years ago. We have launched a full investigation and as part of this, we have informed our privacy officer, the Ministry of Health and the privacy commissioner, Hynes said. She said client privacy was of the utmost importance and Plunket had systems (English)
