Bruyere health centre reports data breach

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2011/01/25/ottawa-bruyere-data-breach.html

CBC News
January 25, 2011

Patients at Bruyere Family Medicine Centre in Ottawa are being warned that 
some of their personal information may have been on two computers that 
were recently stolen.

Bruyere Continuing Care said in a statement that neither of the computers 
contained any medical information, but said data for patients seen at the 
clinic between 1971 and July 1, 2006 may be on the computers.

Personal data may include name, date of birth, street address, telephone 
number or health card number. The data breach could affect up to 60,000 
patients.

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