National Department of Health
Referred to enforcement committee. Information Regulator, 21 February 2023.
The facts
The Information Regulator referred the National Department of Health to its enforcement committee after the department repeatedly failed to confirm whether it de-identified or destroyed the personal data collected in the COVID-19 electronic contact-tracing database once the national state of disaster lifted. The requests included a formal information notice issued in November 2022.
Orders and outcome
Referral to the enforcement committee, which may culminate in an enforcement notice including an administrative fine. Reported February 2023.
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