Thief Nabs Backup Data on 365,000 Patients

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Another day, another bad day in the data privacy world.

[snip]

About 365,000 hospice and home health care patients in Oregon and Washington are being notified about the theft of 
computer backup data disks and tapes late last month that included personal information and confidential medical 
records.

In an announcement yesterday, Providence Home Services, a division of Seattle-based Providence Health Systems, said the 
records and other data were on several disks and tapes stolen from the car of a Providence employee at his home. The 
incident was reported by the employee on Dec. 31, according to the health care system.

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http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,108101,00.html

- ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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