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Investigation found Starship staff wrongly shared sensitive medical records with school

From NZ Herald · () English

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  • An Auckland District Health Board investigation found that sensitive medical records were given to a boy’s new school within weeks of his enrollment.
  • The records included his mother’s historic methamphetamine use and details of a traumatic pregnancy.
  • The 2019 privacy breach led the mother to win more than NZ$29,000 in damages against the Auckland primary school.

Sensitive medical records, including details of a mother’s historic methamphetamine use and a traumatic pregnancy, were handed to her son’s new school within weeks of his starting there, an Auckland District Health Board investigation found.

The privacy breach occurred in 2019. The mother later won more than NZ$29,000 in damages against the Auckland primary school.

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