St Kilda hopeful no privacy breaches have taken place after medical notes were stolen
St Kilda has revealed a bag and laptop containing player medical notes was stolen last month but the club has moved to ease fears of any privacy breach.
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St Kilda is confident that handwritten medical notes stolen from a club doctor’s car have not put players’ privacy or medical records at risk.
The incident - which occurred last month - was reported to the AFL Integrity Unit, players and the AFLPA immediately.
A bag containing the notes had been in the car outside club doctor Dr Ian Stone’s home in Kew and was stolen along with a private laptop, but the club said that no sensitive medical data had landed in the wrong hands.
“St Kilda Football Club advises that a bag belonging to a club doctor was stolen last month after his car was broken into outside his personal residence,” the club said in a statement.
“Basic hand written training notes that relate to St Kilda players were part of the stolen property.
“The club is of the understanding that a private laptop that was part of the stolen goods contains no medical information relating to current or former St Kilda Football Club players.
“While the club acknowledges all information relating to its players is private, the secondary hand written notes do not disclose each player’s full medical history, with those files secured at the football club.”
Stone has been at the club since 1997 and is understood to be extremely upset by the situation.
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Originally published as St Kilda hopeful no privacy breaches have taken place after medical notes were stolen