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[Dataloss] 4,000 people at risk of ID theft, state says
From: lyger (lyger
attrition.org)
Date: Mon Sep 18 2006 - 16:33:22 CDT
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609160352
September 16, 2006
BY KIM NORRIS
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
The Michigan Department of Community Health will offer identity theft
protection to more than 4,000 current and former Michigan residents who
have been participating in a scientific study because an apparent theft
may have put personal information at risk.
A flash drive -- a portable storage device containing names, current
addresses, telephone, Social Security numbers and birth dates of the
people participating in the study -- has been missing from a secured floor
in an MDCH building since Aug. 4 and is presumed to have been stolen, MDCH
spokesman T.J. Bucholz said.
The missing data did not include any health information, medical records
or laboratory information.
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