My Health ‘honey pot’

THE Human Rights Commissioner believes the government’s controversial digital health records system needs to improve, warning it could be a “honey pot” for criminals.

Edward Santow said Australia could do better with the maligned My Health Record system, and that many people were concerned about secondary uses of personal health data.

“This can be a honey pot for criminals who want to do us harm so there have to be really clear, strong, robust protections against that use,” Mr Santow told ABC radio yesterday.