US York Academy of Surgery 2014 Technical Error (Q15899)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US York Academy of Surgery 2014 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2014
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Stanley Hill was dropping off some personal items at the York County Solid Waste Authority incinerator Memorial Day weekend when he noticed bundles of documents strewn across the ground and filling a nearby dumpster. The Shrewsbury Township resident stopped to pick one up and found a stack of personal medical records from a local doctors office. It shocked me, he said. Who would think its OK to dump them there? Hill said he had worked for Johns Hopkins University where he spent some time implementing HIPAA regulations in computer software. He immediately felt he had to protect the files. He wanted to alert the public, so he gathered up records from the ground 47 files and gave them to the York Daily Record. I wasnt sure what to do at first, he said. I didnt know if I should take them to t (English)
