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From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:52:37 -0500 (EST)
Update has been posted to http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss.html Courtesy Emergent Chaos (emergentchaos.com): 'Human error' exposes patients' Social Security numbers in N.C. http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,108444,00.html FEBRUARY 07, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - A "human error" at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina allowed the Social Security numbers of more than 600 members to be printed on the mailing labels of envelopes sent to them with information about a new insurance plan. The mistake affected patients who had applied for a new health savings account insurance plan, said Gayle Tuttle, a spokeswoman for the Chapel Hill, N.C.-based insurer. .The mailing label on a welcome letter that we sent out to 629 people enrolled in one of our individual insurance plans contained an 11-digit tracking number, nine of which were the members. Social Security numbers,. Tuttle said. .The release of this information is the result of a regrettable human error.. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss mailing list Dataloss () attrition org https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/dataloss
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