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Manage My Health Hack: How can you be sure your data is safe?

Manage My Health Hack: How can you be sure your data is safe?

Rnz.Co.Nz • May 27, 2026

Three reports have been released today analysing the breach of Health New Zealand's patient portal Manage My Health.

In December, hundreds of thousands of medical files were stolen in a cyber-attack which is being described as one of the country's biggest cyber security incidents.

Reports into the breach found a litany of issues were responsible, including a lack of security, lack of independent checks and a lack of any privacy or security specialists.

Which all sounds quite, well, lacking.

So we wanted to find out how you can trust your data is safe.

Frith Tweedie, a partner at SimplyPrivacy, an online privacy and AI governance consultancy, chats to Jesse.

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