US Epic Systems 2005 Misuse (Q10344)
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A data breach risk event
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US Epic Systems 2005 Misuse
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A data breach risk event
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January 2005
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In all, Epic alleged that Tata Consultancy employees downloaded 1,687 files containing 6,477 documents. Tata Consultancy contends the documents were user guides and training manuals. But 36 of the files allegedly contained trade secrets. Those files could save Tata Consultancy tens of millions of dollars in improving its own system for electronic health records that it sells in India and plans to sell in other countries in the developing world. Epic doesnt allege that Tata Consultancy stole the so-called source code at the core of the system. Thats copyrighted. But some of the documents allegedly stolen outline the design of parts of Epics system, and that can have more value than the code itself. Epic Systems, a US-based electronics medical records vendor, had accused TCS of stealing doc (English)
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