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❓ Mr. Kirkup questions the Minister for Health regarding the privacy implications of the Ipnos app on the Patient Entertainment System, specifically concerning data collection and the selection of a Canadian company over a local one. The Minister provides answers regarding the data accessible to the vendor.

AnsweredQoN 5733Legislative Assembly

Asked

13 November 2019

Member

Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup

Portfolio

Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health

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I refer to the response to Question on Notice 5480 in relation to the apps provided by Ipnos on the Patient Entertainment System, and ask: (a) Will the Minister table the Incoming Sponsorship Authorisation Form; (b) Can the Minister confirm this company is established in Canada, and if so why a local company was not chosen; and (c) Can the Minister confirm whether Ipnos is provided with any of the following details as per their privacy policy, as a result of the app being on the Patient Entertainment System: (i) IP address and computer/mobile device identifiers (such as device ID, advertising ID, MAC address and IMEI); (ii) Data about the device, such as device name and operating system, browser type and language; (iii) Data collected with advertising cookies; (iv) Coarse location data (country or city-specific); (v) Demographic data (such as to determine the coarse location of IP addresses); (vi) Data for advertising and analytics purposes; and (vii) Patient identifying data (names, ages, genders etc.)?

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Answered

11 February 2020

Response time

6 days

I am advised:
(a) Yes. See tabled paper no.
(b) Yes; application is freely available to download.
(c)(i) Vendor can read: Device ID, IMEI, Advertising ID.
Vendor cannot read: MAC address.
(ii) Vendor can read: Device Name, Operating System, Browser Type, Device Language.
(iii) No.
(iv) Vendor can read: Coarse Location (city specific).
(v)-(vii) No.

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