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Re: [Dataloss] Hospitals in Hong Kong lose data on 3, 000 patients in thefts

From: Henry Brown (hbrownknology.net)
Date: Thu May 08 2008 - 07:04:24 CDT


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 <rchickeretiolated.org>
To: datalossattrition.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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