The patients, already plagued by some or other kind of diseases, now seem to have been victimized by spyware that is claimed to have been brought about due to the software installed on GPs’s computers by the Labour Government. GPs claims that the software installed on its practices is capable of extracting personal data but for the prior knowledge of the practice or the GP, and even but for getting patients’ permission GPs are outraged District Health Boards and the Ministry of Health have installed software on their computer systems which the GPs claim breaches patient confidentiality. The software installed on computers in GPs’ practices can extract personal data without the practice or the GP being aware, and without patients’ permission. National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says, It’s outrageous that the Ministry of Health has been downloading personally-identifiable information without the permission of patients or doctors. This could set health information management back by years, because it shows that the ministry can’t be trusted. Thank goodness that the GPs picked this up, or what else would Big Brother be data-mining from patients’ personal medical records?