Colorado agency loses medical aid applicants' data

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http://www.scmagazineus.com/colorado-agency-loses-medical-aid-applicants-data/article/206945/

Colorado agency loses medical aid applicants' data
Angela Moscaritolo
July 07, 2011

A computer disk containing the personal information of thousands of 
medical aid applications has gone missing from the Colorado Department of 
Health Care Policy and Financing.

How many victims? 3,590.

What type of personal information? Names, addresses and state 
identification numbers.

What happened? The disk was lost while on its way between two state 
agencies. It was discovered missing on May 6.

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