U.S. charges man accused of Singapore HIV data leak

Why did a doctor in Singapore have access to the full list?

All data that is available will eventually be shared. The only way to prevent this is to not create lists of this type and to use decentralized storage methods.

Yes, the govt has a need to know much about health concerns, but not the names.

@theFu most countries will trace carriers of infectious diseases to keep track of spread. The system however could have made it hard to download the whole list and flag an alert should irregular accesses are detected.