Warning against giving AHPRA access to metadata
23rd January 2016
By Paul Smith
A leading indemnity insurer is warning against giving AHPRA warrantless access to doctors' phone and web metadata, saying the watchdog is not a "criminal law enforcement agency".
Earlier this week, it was revealed that AHPRA was on a list of 61 organisations that had apparently written to the Federal Government wanting warrantless access to phone and internet metadata
Such data includes call records, assigned IP addresses, contact information and location