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Re: Hospitals in Hong Kong lose data on 3, 000 patients in thefts
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 07:04:24 -0500
Follow up with additional records lost... From the Hong Kong Standard http://www.thestandard.com.hk/ http://tinyurl.com/5un6rd The Privacy Commission for Personal Data is using its statutory powers for the first time to investigate the Hospital Authority and Department of Health following the loss of yet another USB memory stick containing patients' data. The Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin yesterday revealed that the personal data of 10,000 patients had been lost, bringing the total number of patients whose information has been lost or stolen to 16,000. A Prince of Wales laboratory analyst was behind the latest loss after he left a memory stick in a taxi on May 1. So far, up to 10 memory sticks containing patients' information have been lost or stolen. [...] Subject: [Dataloss] Hospitals in Hong Kong lose data on 3,000 patients in thefts From: rchick <rchicker () etiolated org> To: dataloss () attrition org Date: 5/5/2008 8:45 AM
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/health/news/article_1403455.php/Hospitals_in_Hong_Kong_lose_data_on_3000_patients_in_thefts Health News May 5, 2008, 10:23 GM Hong Kong - Data on more than 3,000 patients in Hong Kong public hospitals has been lost through the theft of computer memory sticks,
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