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Veterans launch class action over MATES medical data sharing
300,000people
People with DVA healthcare cards who could register for the lawsuit
Veterans have launched a class action against the Department of Veterans' Affairs, alleging the MATES program shared their medical data without informed consent. The department said the program operated under ethics approvals and contractual data-security requirements.
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Gordon Legal served the Department of Veterans' Affairs with a privacy breach claim.
“Gordon Legal served the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) with a privacy breach claim”
AllegedThe class action alleges that veterans' medical records were shared without informed consent.
“mass and routine sharing of veterans' medical records”
MATES was administered by the University of South Australia under contract from 2004 to 2024.
“MATES was administered by the now-defunct University of South Australia (UniSA) under contract from 2004 to 2024”