PSA HealthCare Announces Data Security Update

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

Courtesy Beth Givens and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse:

http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2006/08/04/businesswire20060804005479r1.html

08.04.06, 4:40 PM ET

PSA HealthCare (Nasdaq: PSAI) today announced that a company-owned laptop 
computer was stolen from an employee's vehicle in a public parking lot. 
The laptop computer contained certain personal information of 
approximately 51,000 current and former patients, including names and 
social security numbers and, in a limited number of cases, personal health 
information. The laptop computer was password protected and PSA has no 
indication that any of the information has been accessed or misused. 
However, PSA will begin to contact the affected individuals in order to 
provide them with steps to take to protect themselves from any possible 
misuse of their personal information.

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