Thread by @real_GGoswami

A 🧵on an interesting development in #Australia regarding COVID-19 vaccine digital certificate which is generated using the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) which is a national register that records vaccinations given to people of all ages in Australia.

Australians had (still have to in some work sectors) to provide a copy of the COVID-19 digital certificate to their employers to work "on-site" as COVID-19 vaccines and proof of administration was mandated by state governments across #Australia via Public Health Order.

Here is a sample of COVID-19 vaccine digital certificate (now outdated) issued by the Australian Government which will show all the necessary details including the brand of the COVID-19 vaccine, date of vaccination and number of doses.

#Australia

Fast forward 2023, in the state of Victoria in #Australia , legislation has been passed which directs employers that they must destroy COVID-19 vaccination information recorded or held before 13 August 2023.

Government of New South Wales (NSW), #Australia has advised that people no longer can add COVID-19 vaccination certificate to the Service NSW app.

Last month, Dept. of Health #Australia advised that people can use the new COVID-19 and Influenza Immunisation History Statement (IHS) for employment purposes which will only display COVID-19 and influenza vaccination information.

Why is this happening?

It is all got to do with Individual Healthcare Identifiers (IHI) which is available on all COVID-19 digital certificates and Immunisation History Statements prior to 3 December 2022 and it is a BIG problem.

@Jikkyleaks @TonyNikolic10 @drmelissamccann

An IHI is deemed to be personal information under the HI Act and the Privacy Act. In the context of inclusion in a COVID-19 digital certificate, an IHI is also considered to be sensitive health information under the Privacy Act.

@Jikkyleaks @TonyNikolic10

#Australia

The Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 (HI Act) mentions the purpose and situations where IHIs can be disclosed.

Disclosure outside these circumstances may attract both criminal and civil penalties.

@Jikkyleaks @TonyNikolic10 @drmelissamccann @SenatorRennick

And perhaps for this reason, Office of Australian Information Commissioner has advised that COVID-19 digital certificates or Immunisation History Statements generated or updated AFTER 3 December 2022 will not contain an IHI.

@Jikkyleaks @TonyNikolic10 @drmelissamccann

This "may be" the reason why NSW health told the NCAT tribunal that they do not retain the data for the COVID vaccination reports which .@Jikkyleaks showed is NOT true.

Perhaps they know that they should not be querying the AIR.

https://twitter.com/Jikkyleaks/status/1662690929315291137?s=20

#Australia

Australian government (Federal and state) so blind with their tyrannical approach to implement COVID-19 policies and vaccine mandates may have broken laws which may have put thousands of entities (businesses and organizations) in the line of lawsuits (Breach of privacy).

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@Jikkyleaks @SenatorRennick @razorback11111 @Paramythia__ @SenatorAntic @Double_Christ

#Australia