Following the recent Equifax data breach, the Australian Privacy Foundation has requested that the federal government urgently reform existing laws and reconsider the administration of My Health Record, adding that the current system for storing and using health records is “hopelessly deficient,” ZDNet reports. David Vaile, APF chair, said, “With lousy data security, and a world where data breaches are a daily event, the Australian government's reluctance to fix this problem is looking negligent.” The APF is calling for the establishment of a “privacy tort” and for strengthening the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. 
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