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NC: Medical Records Found In Dumpster
From: kirniki <kirniki () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:35:54 -0400
http://www.digtriad.com/news/most_popular/article.aspx?storyid=129134&provider=top Greensboro, NC -- A 2 Wants to Know investigation found social security numbers, copies of driver's licenses, and sensitive information federal laws are supposed to protect, all unshredded in a dumpster behind a building. Gary Mcadoo brought the records to our attention when he walked up to our station and had a bag full of medical files. He confronted WFMY News 2's Ashley Smith and said, "Look what I found." He came to the station to get help with all the files he found in the dumpster. He told us there were hundreds more and brought us to a dumpster behind a building at E. Cone and Summit. He then when into the dumpster and pulled out the medical records by the stack full. Hundreds of records containing personal information everything and more a crook would need to steal your identity. The records in question came from Battleground Urgent Care which is now Prompt Med. Actually, we counted. It totals up to 623. We collected all the records and took them back to the medical practice to get answers on how they ended up tossed aside over five miles away. [..] The president of Prompt Med told us he didn't know the name the company that was responsible for moving all these records. The person in his office who handled that information is out on vacation. So, he couldn't tell us how the most vital information, like social security numbers, birthdates, driver license copies, medical history, employers, everything about a person, ended up in a dumpster behind a building. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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