FL: UF officials notify patients of privacy breach

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http://news.ufl.edu/2010/07/06/privacy-breach/

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida officials have notified
2,047 people that their Social Security or Medicaid identification
numbers were included on address labels affixed to letters inviting
them to participate in a research study.

The letters were sent through the U.S. Postal Service on May 24, and
the information also was shared with a telephone survey company. The
problem was discovered June 6, and UF officials immediately launched
an investigation. Use of Social Security numbers and certain other
individual identifying numbers for non-essential purposes is against
university policy.

The company, Burlington, Vt.-based Macro International Inc., plans to
purge and destroy the information and sign legal documents indicating
the task has been completed. The Gainesville-based printer that
produced the mailing labels, Renaissance Printing, has already done
so.
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