US Island Health 2014 Technical Error (Q11751)
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A data breach risk event
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US Island Health 2014 Technical Error
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A data breach risk event
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09EEC02C-ADE7-49E3-9C0F-4007F75059EE
January 2014
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ohn Harding reports: One never knows what one will find for sale in the SOS Thrift Store. The personal information of someone who has sought medical help isnt something one would expect to be for sale, however. Denise Whitson was in the Parksville SOS Thrift Store last weekend, looking for some office supplies. The Qualicum Beach resident is a volunteer with the 4-H Club and she also does some tax returns. She found a box on the floor that offered file folders the dividers that hang in file cabinets for 10 cents apiece. She grabbed a few and was shocked when she read the tabs on the dividers. Printed on the tabs were the names, dates of birth, phone numbers, addresses, medical record numbers and provincial health numbers of local people. [] Island Health (formerly known as VIHA), issued t (English)
