KR G 2015 Technical Error (Q12240)
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A data breach risk event
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KR G 2015 Technical Error
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A data breach risk event
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C6BE7EDF-BAA7-40EE-9697-E3C8742A0BE9
January 2015
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A company specializing in developing medical fees settlement programs used by hospitals and the Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center _ which distributed free pharmacy management software to nearly half of the countrys pharmacies _ were caught having sold a vast amount of data to a multinational firm, IMS Health Korea, whose U.S. headquarters, in turn, processed the big data and sold information on pharmaceuticals usage to companies in Korea. The 2011 law on personal information protection law forbids the usage of personal information and medical information without consent. The Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center, in fact, is currently being tried for illegally collecting and distributing medical information in 2013. IMS Health raised a 7 billion won profit by selling its report, c (English)
