MA: Mass. Eye and Ear Alerts Patients to Laptop Theft and Data Breach

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http://www.newswise.com/articles/mass-eye-and-ear-alerts-patients-to-laptop-theft-and-data-breach

Newswise — On February 19, 2010, a laptop belonging to a physician
affiliated with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary was stolen
while the physician was lecturing in South Korea. The laptop belonged
to Dr. Robert Levine, a neurologist with a particular focus on ringing
in the ears, or tinnitus.

To date, Mass. Eye and Ear has determined that data owned by Mass. Eye
and Ear on Dr. Levine’s laptop contained demographic and health
information of approximately 3,526 patients treated by Dr. Levine at
Mass. Eye and Ear between February 3, 1988 and February 16, 2010, and
of a small number of participants in research conducted by Dr. Levine
at Mass. Eye and Ear who were not also Dr. Levine’s patients

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To the best of Mass. Eye and Ear’s knowledge, Social Security numbers,
financial account numbers, and credit or debit card numbers of
individuals associated with Mass. Eye and Ear were not present on the
laptop.
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