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Confidential Patient Records From Local Dentist's Office Found Dumped In Apple Valley


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:07:30 +0000 (UTC)

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/02/26/confidential-patient-records-from-local-dentists-office-found-dumped-in-apple-valley/

By David Goldstein
CBSLA.com
February 26, 2014

APPLE VALLEY (CBSLA.com) -- Hundreds of confidential patient records from a local dentist's office were found dumped in Apple Valley.

CBS2's David Goldstein reported that the referral forms from 1-800-DENTIST to Dr. Samuel Kim, who specializes in laser and implant dentistry, were discovered in a vacant lot behind the home of Carolyn Lindblade.

"We found the papers up against the block wall in the field over there," Lindblade said.

The forms, which were from 2010 and 2011, included people's names, addresses, phone numbers, and in some cases, social security numbers and birthdates.

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