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[-] Landsharkgun@midwest.social 9 points 6 months ago

Which other identifiers would you feel comfortable confirming? Is there a reason you think DoB is dangerous to share?

[-] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 6 months ago

DoB is considered sensitive personal information in the Australian Privacy Act.

Other identifiers might be street number or last three digits of phone number.

[-] Landsharkgun@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago

Interesting. Asking because I work in a hospital (in America tho) and making our patients more comfortable is better for everyone. We do serve a lot of homeless people tho, so for that we would probably still need to ask DoB since we need to verify two identifiers.

Firstly, I'm a weirdo and my preferences aren't indicative of "what makes people comfortable" generally.

Secondly, in some cases DoB is really just a code number. Over the last year I've started providing an incorrect DoB at new clinics I attend. It's never caused any problems. As long as I can provide the right code number when asked it has served its purpose.

this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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