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Monday, April 11, 2005

Deleting computer files not enough to ensure privacy ... American Medical News

Deleting computer files not enough to ensure privacy ... American Medical News: "A man in Cottonwood, Ala., snapped up an old computer at a flea market for $10 and was surprised to find it chock full of personal medical information about more than 3,000 people, including his late grandfather.
The episode illustrates how important it is for doctors to scrub all personal or medical information from their old computers or risk public embarrassment and a potential pile of legal trouble."

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